Len Zwelling

Who Failed Whom?: Why Is The State Of Leadership In America So Dismal? By Leonard Zwelling          I was asked recently how the American people are going to feel if they elect Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. The colleague who asked then supposed that the American public would then get […]

Judgment: Neither Candidate Has A Whole Lot By Leonard Zwelling          In the televised Commander-in-Chief forum on September 8, we saw the true Hillary Clinton and the true Donald Trump. My guess is that neither changed any minds. She retained her supporters and he retained his. If you want experience, she’s your candidate. If you

Baggage: Hillary’s Shoes and Ron’s Money By Leonard Zwelling          A friend asked how much more baggage could Hillary have?          Lots.          There’s still Whitewater and Vince Foster and the bimbos and Monica and impeachment and Benghazi and the Clinton Foundation and the emails. That would seem more than enough for a lifetime. Clearly

Concussed Out Of A Non-Crisis By Leonard Zwelling          “It reminded me that as a general rule political parties and political actors do not change their minds based on evidence or argument. They have to be beaten. Only then can they rationalize change to themselves and their colleagues.” “We keep losing!” Defeat is the only

A Cancer Genomics Study Of Value: Done In Europe By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/science/gene-tests-identify-breast-cancer-patients-who-can-skip-chemotherapy-study-says.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0          Finally!          A group has figured out how to employ human cancer genomics in a way that might benefit real patients. I know this seems like a harsh statement, but most of the genomic studies I see are still just that—research

Is IACS The Clinton Foundation Equivalent?: What’s Going On In There? By Leonard Zwelling          I have been struck by the huge amount of discussion in two spheres.          The first is over the Clinton Foundation—the good it does vs. the questions surrounding whether it became part of a play-for-pay scheme at the State Department.

Buyers’ Remorse Vs. Gratitude: What Feelings Do The MD Anderson “Redline” TV Commercials Engender In Patients? By Leonard Zwelling          If you want to really learn about cancer, forego the Internet and grand rounds. Talk to a patient. Nothing can engage me more than a discussion with a cancer patient who describes his or her

It’s Still All About Money By Leonard Zwelling          As if anyone at MD Anderson needed to be reminded of the primacy of money in any discussion about health care, Reed Abelson wrote a piece in the NY Times on August 13 that reports how this fact is undermining any benefits derived from ObamaCare. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/business/cost-not-choice-is-top-concern-of-health-insurance-customers.html?_r=0

What Is It About Conflict Of Interest They Don’t Get?: Trump, Clinton, DePinho Et Al By Leonard Zwelling          To my limited intelligence, this seems like a simple concept. If, in one’s mind, there are competing interests where what is good for one interest (more money) may not be good for the other (fulfilling a

Is Pediatrics At MD Anderson Coming To An End? It’s Possible By Leonard Zwelling          Amid all the Sturm und Drang that has been the last few weeks at MD Anderson over trying to figure out what to do about a financial shortfall that is not a crisis, a true crisis has developed in another