Leonard Zwelling

Would We Know a Cancer Breakthrough When We Saw It? By Leonard Zwelling          As I wrote last week, our last stop before St. Luke’s was Duke. It’s fall here in Durham and the leaves are turning, the air is crisp and both the basketball and football teams are in action. We were able to […]

Paris By Leonard Zwelling          In an extremely thoughtful piece in the NY Times on Saturday, Frank Bruni advocates for allowing the dust to settle and the blood in the streets of Paris to congeal before the United States determines what an appropriate response to the carnage is to be: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/14/opinion/the-exploitation-of-paris.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0          This is very

UT Plan Will Damage UH By Leonard Zwelling          While I am an ardent fan of Chancellor McRaven, I believe that his latest plan to create another UT campus in Houston on 332 acres of land south of the TMC is not well considered. The headline in the Houston Chronicle on November 6 indicates why.

My Three Other Homes-Jewish, Jewish, Chapel By Leonard Zwelling I live in Houston, Texas and I love it. I do not believe that I have ever felt more at home anywhere in my life than I do here in Houston. The diversity of the city constantly astounds. The blend of the crowded and the spacious,

Making HERO History: How Could This Happen Here? By Leonard Zwelling          There may be no city in the world more diverse and more tolerant than Houston, TX. There is no minority that is not represented here. We have people of all colors and beliefs. We have food of all degrees of intensity. It was

MISSOU: Still the Place to Show ‘Em (About Shared Governance) By Leonard Zwelling          I am a child of the 60’s and like nothing better than a good honest, non-violent protest with clear demands by the protestors and clearer consequences for inaction on the part of those being protested.          In 1968, the Duke student

Joe Biden For President—Of MD Anderson By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/02/us/politics/if-cancer-becomes-bidens-cause-a-bold-but-polarizing-doctor-is-on-call.html?ref=politics&_r=0          Now that Vice President Biden has decided not to run against Mrs. Clinton for the Presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, he clearly is going to have time on his hands as well as energy after January 20, 2017. That should be just about

Wrestling Jerusalem: A Play by Aaron Davidman By Leonard Zwelling          If you have no interest in Israel or the complex world of Middle East politics, read no further.          If, on the other hand, you do care about that part of the world, then I suspect that you have either been there or wish

DePinho’s Message: “Change the People” By Leonard Zwelling          A response I received to a recent blog quoted one of the FORDs as saying, “if you can’t change the people, change the people.” Surely Dr. DePinho has done that.  And therein lies my argument against the politely passive approach by the faculty and the Senate

Blue Cross Opts Out of PPOs: A Concept That Might Help Fix the Damage By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/medical/article/Loss-of-insurance-plans-could-devastate-cancer-6603232.php          The front page of the Houston Chronicle on Sunday, November 1, describes the fact that cancer patients formerly covered by BC/BS PPO insurance will no longer be welcomed at MD Anderson. This is not a direct