Len Zwelling

Complain, Complain, Complain By Leonard Zwelling          When Brother John joined the monastery, he knew it was going to be a very simple life. He also knew that the vow of silence he took was almost absolute. Once a year he would be allowed to say just three words to the Head Abbott. He also […]

Walker’s No Longer a Runner By Leonard Zwelling          Scott Walker, the union-busting Governor of Wisconsin, has “suspended” his pursuit of the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. This means, he is out of money. The large donors are disappearing and the ones who aren’t gone cannot get their friends to pony up any more for the

The Underlying Problem With American Health Care: How We Pay For It By Leonard Zwelling          Lately, I have had a series of discussions about health care delivery in the United States with students and interested others. In an effort to clarify what I think has been the purposeful dissemination of confusion by the insurance

The Texas Medical Center-SOLD! By Leonard Zwelling http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/morning_call/2015/09/texas-medical-center-to-move-forward-on-new-30.html          Joe Martin reports in the September 16 Houston Business Journal that Texas Medical Center CEO Robert Robbins plans to develop a 30-acre piece of TMC land for a research campus called TMC3. According to the CEO, this enhancement is the key to finally getting Houston firmly

MD Anderson: SOLD! By Leonard Zwelling          Another day and another deal in which MD Anderson is a principal. Cayman Chemical and Fannin Innovation Studio, sounding like an off-shore money-laundering front from a James Bond movie, and a studio making TV medical dramas, have formed a new company with MD Anderson.          It is no

The Story of the Blocked Blog Continues By Leonard Zwelling          This is the exchange of emails that took place last evening (Monday, September 14) when the leadership of MD Anderson learned of my concern about the putative blockade of my blog site.          They have attributed the messages faculty received of blocked access to

I Am Radio Marti By Leonard Zwelling          Since the Reagan Era, radio and now TV broadcasts from Florida, aimed at the people of Cuba in a fashion analogous to Radio Free Europe, have been summarily jammed by the Cubans. The jammed transmissions come from Radio Marti and the jamming goes on to this day.

A Note From A Very Concerned Colleague       This was sent to me in an email that putatively was listed on one of the blogs as a comment, but I cannot seem to find it. For that reason, I am printing it in full. It articulates my sentiments better than I ever could.       When

Brady and Clinton Are Cut Out Of the Same Cloth: Inflated Egos and Deflated Footballs By Leonard Zwelling          So Tom Brady is going to get a walk.  It must be in a lateral direction, because there was no penalty assessed by the zebras or the robes. The instant replay of the American court system

Paranoia: It’s Not So If They Are Really Shooting At You By Leonard Zwelling          Along with The Cancer Letter (Sept. 4) cover article on the Chancellor’s MD Anderson shared governance charade (at least it will be called that by me until any faculty effort to countermand a DePinho proposal actually goes into effect), Paul