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Ray Rice, the NFL and Domestic Violence (Update)

First, let’s start with the obvious. Our society has changed. Domestic abuse used to be something that we would “keep in the home.” If you went to tell the police, they weren’t interested. If you told your pastor, he would tell you to pray more and love your husband more. Now, that’s all changed. Domestic abuse/domestic violence needs to stop and it needs to stop now. If you are a football fan, you know Ray Rice. You have seen him on the field. He is short, stocky and powerful. You’ve seen him run over 250-pound linebackers. You’ve seen him stiff arm

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Happy Birthday to the Flintstones

The Flintstones are 40 years old today. Now the Flintstones are a piece of Americana. If I’m not mistaken they were the first prime-time cartoon. From Wiki: The Flintstones is an animated American television sitcom that ran from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones is about a working class Stone Age man’s life with his family and his next door neighbor and best friend. It has since been re-released on both DVD and VHS. Critics and fans alike agree that the show was an animated imitation of The Honeymooners with rock puns

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

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