Tom's Take
Thomas Putnam
Tom Putnam is a retired pediatric surgeon who lives with his wife, Barbara, in Rockland. He serves on a variety of nonprofit boards, as well as municipal committees, and is a communicant of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
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Again, time to pull out
Mar 08As I said in July 2010, it is time for the U.S. to pull out of Afghanistan. At that time, General Petraeus had just replaced General McChrystal as ...
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Was invading Iraq a mistake?
By Tom Putnam - Dec 10In 2003, under the presidency of George W. Bush and following the apparently successful cleansing of Al Qaeda from Afghanistan, the U.S. invaded ...
Restore America's greatness
By Tom Putnam - Jan 28What do our politicians mean? Are we talking about our greatness following the Revolutionary or Civil Wars, or Martin Luther King? Or, are we ...
Should politicians have advanced degrees?
By Tom Putnam - Aug 16Today, our politicians have as much power over us as do our physicians. Maybe even more so. Physicians are required to have advanced degrees in ...
