“Killing a King”: Why This Book Is So Crucial Now By Leonard Zwelling Dan Ephron’s book of this title describes the two lines of thinking that crossed when Yigal Amir murdered Yitzhak Rabin in November of 1995 and for all intents and purposes ended any chance that Israel could strike a peace deal with […]
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Saying What and Saying How Are Not the Same: The Big Con By Leonard Zwelling I am personally thrilled that the President of the United States realizes that ISIS and its inspired followers in this country are a threat to the safety of the American people. It’s about time. I am also personally
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One More Time: Clinical Research Is Not Clinical Care By Leonard Zwelling The latest issue of The New Yorker has a story that chilled me to the bone while bringing up 20 year old memories. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/12/07/bacteria-on-the-brain The story is called Bacteria On The Brain by Emily Eakin. It relates the story of Drs.
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Guns By Leonard Zwelling We have all heard it a thousand times. Tragedy after tragedy greets us on the evening news as another lunatic with a gun kills a bunch of people and our elected representatives do nothing. And I mean nothing. Personally, I am tired of the GOP attributing this all
Making ISIS History By Leonard Zwelling Like cancer, ISIS is a malignancy. The radical jihadists are tearing up the Middle East wrestling with Al Qaeda for supremacy among the lunatics, competing to supplant Western civilization with Sharia Law in a caliphate. Perhaps President Obama needs to consult with some oncologists on how
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Cheering Muslims in New Jersey; Cures For Cancer; Big Lies By Leonard Zwelling It should no longer be a surprise to anyone that men like Hitler and Stalin could rise to power while lying to their people. Donald Trump and Ben Carson are giving it a try here in the USA. Dr. Carson’s
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The Right To Try Is Not the Answer. Greater Access to Less Rigid Trials Is By Leonard Zwelling http://www.wsj.com/articles/winning-the-right-to-save-your-own-life-1448574113 The Wall Street Journal on Friday, November 27 published an op-ed by Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute advocating greater access of patients to on-demand, potentially life-saving, but yet to be approved therapies outside the
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Mr. Admiral Chancellor: With All Due Respect, National Defense Is No Longer Your Field By Leonard Zwelling http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/McRaven-advocates-U-S-led-coalition-troops-on-6647550.php I do not disagree with Chancellor McRaven’s opinions about ISIS and the role of the United States in leading the ineluctable war against these religious zealots (see above). I do, however, believe that his comments in
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Saving Me: The Reason I Went To Medical School By Leonard Zwelling Picture this. On the 6th floor of the Durham VA Hospital in July of 1975, next to the nursing station of the government issue brick building, was a small room where the Duke interns and residents on internal medicine floor 6A did their
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At Some Point, You Have To Lead By Leonard Zwelling I voted for Mr. Obama. Twice. I do not regret these votes for several reasons. In 2008-2009, during the period when I resided at Ground Zero Government Version 232.0, aka Capitol Hill, I watched as the Democrats seized control of the entire federal
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