George Duke – Reach For It
ecthompsonmd
October 5, 2013
Artist: George Duke, Marcus Miller Tune: Reach For It
Artist: George Duke, Marcus Miller Tune: Reach For It
Great tune. I think that this was just before George Michael went off the deep end soliciting men in public restrooms. Maybe he is a closet Republican. Oops, that was wrong of me. I’ll take that back. 🙂
I recently read historian Richard Hofstadter’s The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840. Hofstadter wrote that George Washington had a difficult time understanding the rise of political parties during his presidency. Washington felt he stood above party concerns and that his proposals should be seen as national in character and not the product any faction or party. Washington saw the formation of parties as an insult to his leadership. We all have assumptions about ourselves (often wrong) that impact our political lives. We may think we are better than other people or we may feel
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.
