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How The UT Land Deal In Houston Affected MD Anderson

How The UT Land Deal In Houston Affected MD Anderson By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/UT-System-halts-Houston-expansion-after-mounting-10970480.php http://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Burned-orange-10977202.php Chancellor Admiral McRaven is a ramrod straight shooter. I have had the pleasure of meeting him and knew that I was in the presence of a thoughtful warrior when I was in his office. Of course the magazine covers of […]

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Hang On. It’s Almost Over

Hang On. It’s Almost Over By Leonard Zwelling (https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/02/ibms-watson-proves-useful-at-fighting-cancer-except-in-texas/) Here is yet another article about the fiasco that was Lynda Chin, IBM Watson and Price Waterhouse Cooper. Over $60 million came off the bottom line of MD Anderson’s budget and that does not count the opportunity cost of using the MD Anderson faculty and staff

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Fast Forward: America In Four Years Looks Like MD Anderson Now

Fast Forward: America In Four Years Looks Like MD Anderson Now By Leonard Zwelling https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/?mc_cid=b1ed05da98&mc_eid=ff67b66aee In this piece sent to me by son Richard, David Frum, a former W speechwriter, paints a picture of how Donald Trump’s election in 2016 could lead to an autocratic America. He ends the piece this way: “Those citizens who

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Ron and Lynda’s Excellent Adventure

Ron and Lynda’s Excellent Adventure By Leonard Zwelling https://cms.utsystem.edu/sites/utsfiles/documents/system-audit/ut-system-administration-special-review-procurement-procedures-related-utmdacc-oncology-expert-advis/ut-system-administration-special-review-procurement-procedures-related-utmdacc-oncology-expert-advis.pdf Buried among the reports on the UT System website is one recent one to the Chancellor that describes the findings of a UT System audit of the Oncology Expert Advisor Project led by Lynda Chin until her departure from MD Anderson in 2015 (link above). This

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“Take Me To Your Leader”: In Washington, In Houston, In Austin

“Take Me To Your Leader”: In Washington, In Houston, In Austin By Leonard Zwelling If the proverbial aliens landed on the Potomac today and tried to ascertain who was really in charge of the American government, they may well have a dilemma. “Take me to your leader,” they might ask. Would you send them to

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