Len Zwelling

Five Years, But Who’s Counting? By Leonard Zwelling          We are within the final quarter of the first five years of the DePinho presidency. This seems to be as good a time as any to assess the good and ill of the current president’s tenure.          Let’s start with the good.          It appears that […]

When Breath Becomes Air By Paul Kalanithi By Leonard Zwelling          A physician dying. On the surface, that’s what this book is about. A young (thirties) chief resident in neurosurgery is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. This is what he left behind—a wife, a baby daughter and this book.          By modern standards, Dr. Kalanithi

Why I Can’t Vote For Either Of Them By Leonard Zwelling          It was 1972 when I could first vote for President. I voted for George McGovern. He lost. I have voted in every election since. I am 6 and 4 in Presidential choosing. That is, I have voted for 6 winners and 4 losers.

A Comma, Semi-colon, Or Hyphen: It’s Hillary’s Choice By Leonard Zwelling          Both major American political parties are undergoing dramatic transitions right before our eyes. The difference is that the GOP has got it done and the Dems have not.          That Donald Trump has become the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President

Surrounded: As By Starbucks By Leonard Zwelling          It was observed by the famous sage of Washington, DC, Lewis Black, that the End of the Universe was the corner of Shepherd and West Gray. There, at this busy intersection, was one Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks. In the intervening years it has actually

The Soul of MD Anderson: Dr. Michael J. Ahearn By Leonard Zwelling          It is said that it takes one of two things to get a minyan (the needed 10 men to hold a formal Jewish prayer service). The first is ten live men. The second is one dead one.          I learned this early

None Of The Above By Leonard Zwelling          Be honest. That’s your first choice for President of the United States so far, right?          The key number on MSNBC today, May 17, was 121. This is the total percentage of negatives evoked by the two likely candidates for the highest office in the land. Isn’t

May 19, 2016-LZ on WBZ in Boston Our show page with the hour you were on – http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/nightside-how-did-healthcare-get-so-political/ And the page to get a download copy- http://www1.play.it/audio/nightside-with-dan-rea/

“Aiming High”-A True Change In The Battle Against Cancer Or A Likely Description Of The Conditions of The Authors Of The New England Journal Of Medicine Editorial (374:1901-1904, 2016)? By Leonard Zwelling          The May 19 edition of the NEJM leads with a guest editorial by Douglas Lowy and Francis Collins, the current leaders of

What’s The Big Deal? He’s Just Another Fraud By Leonard Zwelling          In an age in which a rookie Senator can rise to the Presidency (and the Nobel Peace Prize) on the strength of his lofty rhetoric unmatched by any legislative or executive accomplishments, why should it seem strange that a billionaire reality star can