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Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" (Updated and Reposted)

Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50. He really was the “King of Pop.” I saw him in concert three times. He was spellbinding. I think that Michael’s career can be illuminated through the story of his performance on Motown’s 25th Anniversary Special. When Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall album (yep, it was an album back then, 1979) came out, I bought it the first week it was out.  I was in college. MTV was just starting.  Off the Wall‘s first hit was “Don’t Stop Until You Get Enough.” This was a hit… a huge hit.  This began Michael’s

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It's Showtime…

So let’s get busy. Thursday will be day one for the 110th Congress and it’s time to roll up the sleeves and get to work. House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi has not made much of a secret of the items on the agenda for the first 100 hours. So much for those old-fashioned “100-day” agendas. Strap on your socks and get ready. With the stage set by Pelosi and Harry Reid’s pledges to keep the House and Senate open for business with…. gasp…. actual five-day work-weeks, I’m looking forward to tuning into C-SPAN. The Preznet tried to jump the gun and grab

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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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