August 2014

THE KNICK

The Knick By Leonard Zwelling          The Knick is not a new TV show about Walt Frazier. It is instead a new Cinemax series that began last Friday, August 8, about a hospital in New York City at the turn of the century. No not 2000. 1900.          Clive Owen plays the Chief of Surgery, …

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MD Anderson’s Latest Flap and Watergate

To Understand MD Anderson’s Latest Controversy, Understand Watergate By Leonard Zwelling          For people under 40, Watergate is history. For those who are older, it is far more. This week marks the 40th anniversary of that episode’s denouement—the resignation of President Richard Nixon.          Formally, Watergate per se refers to the break-in on June 17, …

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300,000

300,000 By Leonard Zwelling          When I started blogging, I did so in response to the closing of the Faculty Voice website by the administration. It seemed that anonymous posts were not going to be allowed and that put a real damper on things. Dr. Hollemen and I were the only ones willing to sign …

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