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We Need More Brain Power
ecthompsonmd June 21, 2026

I have been re-reading Senator Bob Graham’s book, Intelligence Matters. It was about the intelligence failures of 9/11. Re-reading this book reminded me of how unprepared we were for a terrorist attack here in the United States, as well as how we diverted our attention away from the war on terror to attack Iraq. For those of you who have a little gray hair, you’ll remember that the Bush Administration told us that Iraq had biological and chemical weapons. We were told they had these mobile devices that could be deployed almost anywhere and release devastating biological or chemical weapons. We

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Wrong, wrong, wrong
ecthompsonmd July 10, 2025

Someone is rarely wrong about everything. Just by sheer chance, you should be right about something. Donald Trump’s band of disruptors continued to be wrong about just about everything. They’ve taken the wrong side in the Ukrainian war. They are destroying the American economy with poorly conceived tariffs. Arkansas, led by his former press secretary Sarah Huckabee, asked for disaster relief after devastating severe weather. The Trump White House said no. The Trump White House decided that it would continue the racist agenda and force the most prestigious university on the planet, Harvard, to conform to their will. AutismAs most of

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Immigration, Slave Patrols, and Voting Rights
ecthompsonmd April 13, 2021

Well, Joe Biden did the unthinkable. With the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021—and with the determined support of his Senate allies—President Joe Biden passed the most progressive piece of legislation that we have seen in the United States since the 1960s. The whole thing was completely wrong for our time. Democrats are supposed to compromise and do whatever it takes to pass “bipartisan” legislation. And Joe Biden did call in the Republican leadership. But after determining that they weren’t serious about negotiation or compromise, President Biden cut them loose. He passed a $1.9 trillion bill which helps the average American

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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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