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Tariffs and IncompetenceGate
ecthompsonmd June 11, 2025

The amount of chaos and confusion is unnecessary and overwhelming. For those of you readers who are avid consumers of the news, you need to find a different hobby. Following everything that the White House is doing minute by minute is probably unhealthy for anyone. The blizzard of dizzying information that is coming out of the White House is mind boggling. Unfortunately, confusion is the point. Tariffs Please tell me if you understand what Donald Trump is doing with tariffs. And, by the way, please explain it to Wall Street, because Wall Street doesn’t understand his steps either. For some reason,

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Too Disgusting
ecthompsonmd May 1, 2025

Just the other day, Donald Trump held his first official cabinet meeting. For reasons that are unclear, Elon Musk was present. Musk explained that drastic cuts in government were necessary to prevent the government from going “bankrupt.” In order to understand what this nonsense really means, we have to go back and look at the tax cuts that George Bush implemented in 2001 and again in 2003. We were told we had more than enough money for his tax cuts. That turned out to be untrue. The tax cuts did not generate any of the economic growth that would have been

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Jimmy Carter dies at age 100
ecthompsonmd December 29, 2024

I have nothing but praise, respect and admiration for President Jimmy Carter. #RIP From NPR: Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday at age 100. The Carter Center announced he died in his hometown of Plains, Ga. Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office. Carter was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and international human rights. James “Jimmy” Earl Carter Jr. was born in Plains, Ga., on Oct. 1, 1924, and spent his childhood on a farm just outside that tiny southwest Georgia community. His

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.

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The Thirteeneth Juror

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