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Facing Reality, Again
ecthompsonmd October 20, 2024

Last month, I argued as vociferously as possible that debates don’t matter. Debates don’t tell us anything about how a president will govern. I huffed, puffed, and pleaded with my fellow Democrats to focus on the big picture. We needed to win the election. Yet many of my colleagues did not agree with me. In their eyes, President Joe Biden looked weak and vulnerable. Little by little, we began hearing news reports that prominent Democrats were asking Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Suddenly, President Joe Biden announced that he was withdrawing from the presidential race. I was shocked. I

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Urban News: Russians, Donald Trump and the Memo
ecthompsonmd June 5, 2018

I wrote this in February 2018 for the Asheville monthly newspaper – The Urban News.  Does anything smell fishy to you? Since when have we become good buddies with Russia? Last time I checked, the Cold War was over. Yet, we had this uneasy peace with the Russians. There were high hopes in the 80s and 90s, once the Soviet Union fell, that we would become closer allies but that never really materialized. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there is Donald Trump. During the 2016 election, Trump began praising Russia. Let me say this again. Donald Trump, GOP candidate, continually had nice

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Jobs Report – May 2016
ecthompsonmd June 3, 2016

From BLS: The unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 4.7 percent in May, and nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+38,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care. Mining continued to lose jobs, and employment in information decreased due to a strike. Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in May (+38,000). Job growth occurred in health care. Mining continued to lose jobs, and a strike resulted in job losses in information. (See table B-1.) Health care added 46,000 jobs in May, with increases occurring in ambulatory health care services (+24,000), hospitals (+17,000), and nursing

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Errington C. Thompson, MD

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