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Keeping Our Children Safe – Domestic Violence (Update)
ecthompsonmd October 13, 2013

I have been pretty bummed the last two days. A couple of days ago, I admitted one of the worst cases of domestic violence that I have ever seen. This young child had been tortured. Tortured for months. Tons of bruises. Bruises everywhere. Bruises on her face, arms, chest, back, buttocsk. She had a terrible, non-survivable head injury along with fractures of her face, chest and arms. She had a liver injury, also. This was all from abuse. This wasn’t a fall. There is no way to rationally explain this. This was domestic violence. This was torture. The same day that

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John Edwards
ecthompsonmd June 2, 2012

Former Senator John Edwards is a sad figure. Eight years ago, John Edwards had a real shot at becoming the vice president of the United States. He was a fresh new face. He was a senator. He had moments on the campaign trail where he created a real spark. Four years ago, John Edwards ran for the president of the United States. He was in the same position that Mitt Romney is in now. He had been eyeing the presidency for a while. He’d gotten his inner circle of advisers together. They had been strategizing for years. He’d been to Iowa

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Junior Seau found dead
ecthompsonmd May 2, 2012

There are a few players who can for a few years change the face of football. Junior Seau was one of those players. For several years, when he was in San Diego (don’t pay attention to his career when he went to New England), he was a beast. Junior Seau could take over a game. He was one of those players who forced the other team to know where he was. He was like Lawrence Taylor. He would just freelance at times with great results. I have no idea what happened today. There are rumors that Mr. Seau might have committed

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