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Congressmen Behaving Badly

Republicans and Democrats have proved to us beyond a shadow of a doubt that neither party is beyond moral corruption. The past week has given us an outstanding example of exactly this. On one hand, we have former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. Remember, last year, he suddenly had to take a leave of absence. There was a question of whether he had to check himself into some type of “institution.” Was he sick? Was he depressed? Did he have a nervous breakdown? Did he have some sort of serious psychiatric disorder? All these questions were swirling around as Nancy Pelosi and

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What going on – News Roundup

Wednesday Night News Roundup Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is getting high marks for stupidity, gall, and unwarranted chutzpah. As I mentioned yesterday, “candidate five” was thought to be Jesse Jackson, Jr.. He held a press conference today which did absolutely nothing to clear his name. Barack Obama has chosen Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist, to head the Department of Energy and Carol Browner as a White House staffer to oversee energy, environmental and climate-related policies. She led the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years under President Clinton. I believe Barack Obama is sending a clear signal that he is serious about the environment

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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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