Leonard Zwelling

Why We Are Here By Leonard Zwelling             The reasons I went to work at Legacy are many, but this illustrates one.             My son Richard sent me this. As upsetting as it is on a personal level, it is just as upsetting on a political one. It is most unfortunate that non-profits have to […]

The Risk of Insularity to Mattering By Leonard Zwelling          Most people want to matter. They want to be heard. They want to participate in causes in which they believe and contribute to those causes. They want to make a difference to others and with others. They want to be a significant part of the

Truth and Consequences By Leonard Zwelling          The effect, result or outcome from something that occurred earlier. That’s my dictionary’s definition of consequence.          Blog readers know that the book I am writing about my experiences in Washington and at MD Anderson has four major themes: 1.   Moral relativism as a rationale for bad behavior

How to Lead By Leonard Zwelling          I always thought politicians were older than I. Presidents always were and senators surely were. Most governors, too.          But a funny thing happened on the way to Medicare, I am older than most of the politicians now. I have seen more than many. Heard way too much.

Politics Is a Feeling By Leonard Zwelling          As I have done several times before, I stole this title from one of my inspirations. Peggy Noonan was a speechwriter for President Reagan and is the unofficial keeper of the flame that he represented—conservative thinking with a smile. She continues his legacy every Saturday in the

It’s a Marathon By Leonard Zwelling          I hate the cold, but I love my son so I found myself on Sunday November 3, 2013 standing in 40 degree weather with a stiff wind chill, first in Brooklyn at mile 8, then at the foot of the 59th Street Bridge on the east side of

Providers By Leonard Zwelling          My father was a provider. No, he was not a physician. He sold plastic. But he provided for my mother, my sister and me. Eventually my mother returned to teaching school once my sister stopped coming home for lunch from third grade. My mother then joined my father as one

Feminism’s Third Wave: Think Again About Emulating the Men By Leonard Zwelling          I am a very privileged guy. I got to watch up-close the evolution of the women’s movement during its second wave from the 1970’s to the present.          When I went to Duke in 1966, women lived on East Campus, men on

Getting the Politics Right By Leonard Zwelling          In the introduction to his new book, Things That Matter, the Pulitzer Prize winning editorialist for the Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer, discusses the elementary and fundamental importance of politics.          “You can have the most advanced and efflorescent of cultures but get your politics wrong and everything

A Very Tough Choice By Leonard Zwelling             The spectacle that Congress made of itself in the first two weeks of October could well be repeated at year’s end. The government shutdown/debt ceiling deal that temporarily delayed America defaulting on paying her debts, is only good for a few weeks.             With time running short,