Leonard Zwelling

“Aiming High”-A True Change In The Battle Against Cancer Or A Likely Description Of The Conditions of The Authors Of The New England Journal Of Medicine Editorial (374:1901-1904, 2016)? By Leonard Zwelling          The May 19 edition of the NEJM leads with a guest editorial by Douglas Lowy and Francis Collins, the current leaders of […]

What’s The Big Deal? He’s Just Another Fraud By Leonard Zwelling          In an age in which a rookie Senator can rise to the Presidency (and the Nobel Peace Prize) on the strength of his lofty rhetoric unmatched by any legislative or executive accomplishments, why should it seem strange that a billionaire reality star can

The Plea To Be Allowed To Make It Up As You Go Along: The Quandary of the N=1 Clinical Trial By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/magazine/oncologist-improvisation.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_ma_20160513&nl=magazine&nlid=11039602&ref=headline&te=1          This Sunday’s NY Times Magazine is devoted to Cancer—that’s with a capital C.          This article by Pulitzer Prize winning author and oncologist Sid Mukherjee outlines the vexing puzzle faced by

When Is A Wall Like A Moonshot?          In a very clever video available on youtube and on cnnpolitical.com, the complexities and costs of actually building that Wall that Donald Trump insists would be erected early in a Trump first term are outlined in detail. The video even stars the Wall itself with golden hair

Apres Moi Le Deluge; Apres Nous Le Deluge By Leonard Zwelling          The first, “after me, the flood” is attributed to the next to the last King of France, Louis XV. The second “after us, the flood,” to his concubine Marquise de Pompadour, and might have come first chronologically. The two statements refer to the

Sooner Or Later: The Rapid End To The Primary Season By Leonard Zwelling          Long before anyone had imagined it would come to be, the ink on the handwriting on the wall was dry. It is now clear that Hillary Clinton, the first woman to lead a major party ticket for President of the United

Shorter and Longer: Searching for Presidents By Leonard Zwelling          One thing we may be able to all agree upon is that the process by which we identify the candidates for President of the United States and the subsequent six month slog to Election Day in November are overly lengthy. There really is no logic

That Moment By Leonard Zwelling          In the Wall Street Journal last week, Peggy Noonan again shows how well she can take the pulse of the American electorate–the good, the bad and the very ugly.          Her piece is called “The Moment 2016 Hits You” (http://www.wsj.com/articles/that-moment-when-2016-hits-you-1461281849) and like all her pieces, this one distills the

How Many Psychiatrists Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? What About Changing A President? By Leonard Zwelling          Light bulb changing jokes are great.          How many Jewish mothers? Don’t worry. I’m fine in the dark.          Administrators? Five. One to hold the bulb and one to turn the four-legged stool he’s standing

Confirmation, OJ Simpson and Card-Playing By Leonard Zwelling          Why go to the movies? The best scripted drama can be found in made-for-TV films about real events. Here are two.          The FX mini-series The People vs. OJ Simpson is a ten-parter that seems to make afresh the events that transpired surrounding the violent deaths