Len Zwelling

Oh Medicine, My Medicine By Leonard Zwelling (For the late, great Dr. Bruce W. Dixon, a great mentor to hippie interns) http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/health/private-oncologists-being-forced-out-leaving-patients-to-face-higher-bills.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3As%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A9%22%7D&_r=0          This is one of many articles published of late that addresses the issue of cancer drug costs and prices or reimbursement rates (There’s a difference. The cost is what the doc pays, […]

“Brains Were Destroyed, UT Says, But Questions Linger” By Leonard Zwelling          This headline above an article by Benjamin Wermund in the City and State section of the Houston Chronicle on December 4, 2014 greeted me with my coffee. I couldn’t make this stuff up.          Mr. Wermund reports that author Alex Hannaford discovered during

Ferguson is Not Gaza: Clarity Not Confusion Through Identifying the Problem By Leonard Zwelling http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/25591/Default.aspx          As this article shows, there are those who would equate the violence in response to the police shooting of the unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson to violence in the Middle East that may be a harbinger of a new

When the Subject Changed from Land to Religious Ideology in the Former British Mandate of Palestine By Leonard Zwelling          For many years, at least since 1948, the conflict in the former British Mandate of Palestine was between two peoples, Jews and Arabs, over land. In 1967, the Jews ratcheted up the stakes by capturing

When the Frozen Turkeys Were in the Grocery Stores Not Waiting Outside Target By Leonard Zwelling          I really do understand the American desire to get a great deal. I also really understand how those less fortunate than myself would want to take advantage of a brief period of lower prices on essentials like food

“Ideals Are Peaceful. History Is Violent.” The Benefit of Quiet Leadership in a Noisy Fury When The Ideal of Fighting Cancer Becomes Making It History (For Raph Pollock) By Leonard Zwelling          Leadership in war movies is usually about physical courage. A high-ranking military officer may make a controversial decision that leads to victory or

Firing Chuck Hagel Is Like Firing Top MD Anderson Administrators: It Won’t Change Anything By Leonard Zwelling          American democracy is great for protecting its Presidents from the consequences of their own ineptitude. Nixon lasted for two years after everyone knew he was guilty. Clinton made it the whole way despite lying.  George W. did

My Father By Leonard Zwelling          In preparing the book I am trying to publish (and it is looking very good, but still a lot to be done), I needed to find a picture of my father. The book is dedicated to him, a pretty standard product of the Depression in the Midwest–Zanesville, Ohio to

The Need To Be Believed-What the Cosby Accusers Really Want By Leonard Zwelling          I’ve been a fan of Bill Cosby’s since I, Spy and Noah. I actually saw him live in Las Vegas at about the same time (1982) that one of his recent accusers had him drugging and raping her. I cannot successfully

Trust By Leonard Zwelling          That word is everything, isn’t it?          Marriages are built on it.  Soldiers in combat depend on it. Football and basketball teams live on it so much that it is one of the five fingers of Coach K’s fist-communication, TRUST, collective responsibility, caring and pride. Duke basketball teams are built