February 2016

Unbridled Greed By Leonard Zwelling http://www.c-span.org/video/?404183-1/hearing-prescription-drug-market          I have labored through many hearings on Capitol Hill.  Most of the time they are of little consequence and even less drama. The Congressmen and Congresswomen make speeches. The “witnesses” are under oath and bob and weave trying to say nothing and hoping the chairman says the member’s […]

The Many Cancer MoonShots By Leonard Zwelling          In the January 22, 2016 issue of Science (p. 325), the initial phase of the Biden MoonShot is described. Subsequently the entire issue of how to pay for it gets discussed on February 2: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/02/white-house-wants-1-billion-vice-president-biden-s-cancer-moonshot-where-will-it-come          In the earlier article, care is taken to distinguish the Vice

Two Views of the Future, Donald’s and Bernie’s: Which One is Ron’s and Does It Make Sense? By Leonard Zwelling          To Donald Trump’s eyes, we have shrunk as a nation. Our leaders are worthless and stupid. Our Congress is dysfunctional and corrupt. Only he is capable of making a deal so you had better

Does Bernie Explain Ron? Bad Capitalism, Bad Leadership: The Young Have Grown Accustomed to Both By Leonard Zwelling          Many of us old timers at MD Anderson cannot understand how a President can do so many silly, wrong and potentially illegal and surely unethical things, and retain his position. I used to be in that

EXTRA: The Presidential Moon Shot Task Force By Leonard Zwelling          A thoughtful reader has forwarded to me the announcements from the federal government about the Task Force that President Obama has put together to re-energize the war on cancer. I guess this is the Surge on Cancer.          This announcement came in two parts.