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Dean? Let's not forget Katrina and New Orleans
ecthompsonmd August 18, 2007

Bill Moyers continues to impress me. I will continue to sing his praises. I think that he is the premier thoughtful journalist in America. He is covering issues that others either gloss over or do not cover at all. This week, he brought Melissa Harris-Lacewell, quickly becoming on of my favorite people, Princeton University Associate Professor of Political Science and African American Studies, back on the show to discuss Katrina. Bill Moyers adds Mike Tidwell, author of Bayou Farewell in 2003 and Ravaging Tide and environmental activist, to discuss Katrina 2 years later. This is an excellent discussion. Here’s just a

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Let's Surge with our Troops
ecthompsonmd July 18, 2007

BBC photographer is embedded with the Army’s 2nd Infantry’s Division in Baghdad.  Leave it to a brother man to lay down a dose of reality.  He says he wants the president or someone in Congress to walk with him day in and day out.  He doesn’t say it but it is clear that he believes that they would end the war tomorrow if they had his experiences.

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Let's have FUN, Fun, fun
ecthompsonmd November 10, 2006

Con Funk Shun was a great band in the late 70’s and early 80’s.  They came out of nowhere.  Their sound was tight.  Horns and harmony.  They were never really a supergroup like Earth, Wind & Fire.  In spite of this, they had several (I think it was four) gold albums in a row.  Their first hit off of their first album was called fun, fun, fun.  Their later albums were more disco.  This tune was (I can’t help it) FUN.

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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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