Choose Life By Leonard Zwelling We are in the Days of Awe. Jews around the world have just concluded the celebration of our New Year, Rosh Hashanah, and are preparing for the start of Yom Kippur, the solemnest day of the year on Friday evening. This is the Day of Atonement, a fast […]
A Tragedy of Epic Proportions, But Who’s the Most Guilty? By Leonard Zwelling At 11:17 AM CDT on Friday, September 26, 2014, Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo was found guilty of aggravated assault in a dating relationship in the 248th District Criminal Court of Judge Katherine Cabaniss. This is a first-degree felony and carries a
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Circling the Wagons, Compartmentalizing the Truth By Leonard Zwelling Before the jury comes back and before we learn the fate of Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo, perhaps we should consider the behavior of others in this lurid affair. By others, I mean the MD Anderson faculty who were close to the principals. From the
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Wanted: Leaders-Only Adults Need Apply By Leonard Zwelling Lots of comments on my email. Thanks all for reading. Very much appreciated. I would like to clarify my position a bit as it differs markedly from that of most others writing about the Gonzalez-Angulo trial. Most media outlets are treating this as a
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The Gonzalez-Angulo Trial: Is This “The Big One” on the “San Anderson” Fault? By Leonard Zwelling Ask any Californian about “The Big One.” They will tell you that it is the earthquake that will create beach front property in Las Vegas as The Golden State slips into the sea. Over recent years, there have
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There Are No Heroes in a Court Room By Leonard Zwelling Today hurt. Evette Toney, the live-in girlfriend of Dr. George Blumenschein spent another 4+ hours on the witness stand this afternoon and continued her flawless testimony. The assistant district attorney led her through the time line that started before Dr. Blumenschein’s near
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At Least I Am Not as Bad As He Is: The Despicable Him Defense By Leonard Zwelling As if there hadn’t been sufficient numbers of attorneys in the room on Friday. Bright and early Monday morning, September 22, 2014, the 248th Court was overflowing with them. The prosecution seemed like it had not called
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Time Out for Super Chicken By Leonard Zwelling While I do take the accuracy and sobriety of this blog to heart, all this news about people treating other people badly is getting me down. You, too? OK, how about some levity. That must mean it is time to go back to Dr. DePinho and
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A Trial In Five Questions By Leonard Zwelling To summarize the first week of the Gonzalez-Angulo trial, one only needs to ask whether or not the prosecution has met the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt its version of the answers to five questions: Who? What? Where? When? How? The event needing
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The Chemistry of Alcohol and Love By Leonard Zwelling On September 18, 2014, in Judge Cabaniss’ 248th District Criminal Court, I had a more thorough lesson in the organic biochemistry of alcohol in the human body than I had had since I was in medical school. This is because the first key step in
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