Len Zwelling

E-Mails and Arrogance: The Undoing of Hillary Clinton By Leonard Zwelling          I am more convinced than ever that Mrs. Clinton will not be the nominee of the Democratic Party for President in 2016.          First, it is beyond conception that anyone foolish enough to keep emails on her own server (putatively located in a […]

A Huge Victory For the Faculty, The Faculty Senate and Justice By Leonard Zwelling          It took a Navy SEAL to topple King George’s modern day academic medicine descendant, but it appears to have finally happened. After I saw Hamilton this week, the declaration from the President of MD Anderson seemed like new version of the

50 – 1: My (Almost) 50th High School Reunion By Leonard Zwelling          In an effort to consolidate resources and increase accessibility and participation via price control, the Wellington C. Mepham High School classes of 1965 and 1966 held a joint reunion in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York on August 15, 2015. Each class

Hamilton By Leonard Zwelling          If you are not an artsy or craftsy New York person, you may not be aware of the latest phenomenon that has moved uptown to Broadway. It is a musical called Hamilton written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony award-winning brain behind In the Heights a few seasons ago.

Health Insurance Is Not Health Care Is Not Health: Redefining the Goal of Medicine By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1506241 “The 21st century is the century of biology. The nation that invests in biomedical research will reap untold rewards in its economy and the health of its people”          Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the NIH JAMA

The Problem With the Donald Is the Problem With the Ronald: Cut From the Same Sackcloth By Leonard Zwelling          Only Donald Trump can get away with appearing on the Sunday talk shows without appearing. He can phone it in and he does. For several weeks he has been dialing up Meet the Press and

Black Listed By Leonard Zwelling          I looked it up. On my cv. It’s about the only entries I have on my cv for the past few years. I have published 30 opinion pieces in the Houston Chronicle since 1997 and the vast majority have been in the past 6 years since my return from

Daughter-in-law Amanda Cochran and son Richard were able to video my presentation at Murry and Karen Penner’s home on July 29. This was my first ever book signing and reading. If you are curious about what went on that evening, here you go. First bit is a short presentation on the ACA, which is the

The Debate: A Post-Mortem By Leonard Zwelling          Nothing lengthy as the rest of the press will fill the air with its opinion of what happened.          Here’s my take written before listening to the talking heads at 10:15 PM CDT: 1. It was a lot more erudite than I had imagined it would be.

Atonement: When Does a Good Outcome Justify Bad Behavior? By Leonard Zwelling          What would happen if Dr. DePinho really did cure 5 cancers in 5 years as he said he would do (but now denies ever saying it). We all heard it, and certainly greater Houston did, so I really do think he said