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Santorum is out
ecthompsonmd April 10, 2012

It is hard to figure what to make of Rick Santorum pulling out of the presidential race. He knew before he started this journey that he had a daughter who was going to be prone to frequent hospitalizations. This is not new. He knew that he had a huge uphill battle. He knew that he was going to be underfunded. Yet, he pushed on. Okay, then why pull out today? I don’t understand. From TPM: Rick Santorum suspended his bid for the presidency in a news conference in Gettysburg, Pa., clearing the path for Mitt Romney to become the presumptive nominee

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Dole promises action
ecthompsonmd April 15, 2007

We have seen literally hundreds of presidential commissions form, meet and pledge action.  Really, they can pledge anything that they want, it will be up to the President and Congress to make it happen.  There are already a ton of committees looking to the Walter Reed problem. So, I’m not sure why another commission was necessary.  It would be different if Congress was ignoring the problem but they aren’t.  The VA has already looked into the problem and found a ton of problems.  So often, I criticize the President for doing what I believe is the wrong thing.  I guess I

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Methodism, Torture and the Presidential Library
ecthompsonmd January 11, 2007

posted by Andrew Weaver as a comment.  I thought that this was strong enough to be a post of its own. ——————— Methodism began as an 18th century spiritual renewal movement in the Church of England. At the time of the American Revolution only a few hundred Americans identified with Methodism. By the Civil War, Methodism was by far the largest church in the United States with one in three church members calling it their faith community. No other institution has done more good in shaping the ethos of American religion and culture than the Methodist Church. Southern Methodist University is

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