Len Zwelling

The Lost Narrative of MD Anderson: What Ever Happened to “We”? By Leonard Zwelling          There were many things about MD Anderson that startled us when we got here. Houston was an open, friendly place that was the antithesis of the cold, impersonal Washington, DC we had just left.          At MD Anderson, people went […]

Failure, Innovation and Truth By Leonard Zwelling          Now there are three words that are not often in the same sentence.          The front cover of the NY Times Magazine on Sunday, November 16, is called “In Praise of Failure” and trumpets the Innovations issue containing a host of articles about inventiveness and the critical

Extra: A Few Films For You By Leonard Zwelling          It was way too cold and rainy to play golf. Thus, the movies!  Here are three we saw this weekend worthy of a look. Interstellar-This movie is big. No, really big. We saw it on IMAX and that wasn’t big enough. But it is not

Yale, Moral Relativism and the Highly Variable Cost of Bad Behavior in Academic Medicine By Leonard Zwelling Have you been following this story in academia?          http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/us/yale-medical-school-sexual-harassment.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A5%22%7D          The NY Times has been on this one for a while, but I have not seen it elsewhere.          To make a long story short, the married

The Confusion Sown By Islam By Leonard Zwelling          I am no expert on comparative religion.          However, the latest flap launched by comedian and talk show host Bill Maher about the uniquely violent nature of Islam really doesn’t help answer the question that most Americans are struggling with. What is the correct posture of

It’s Not Just Law, It’s Law AND Order; It’s Not Just Crime, It’s Crime AND Punishment By Leonard Zwelling http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/08/justice/pennsylvania-doctor-cyanide-poisoning/index.html?hpt=hp_t2          Just in case you were thinking that MD Anderson is the only academic institution at which one faculty member tried to poison another who is his or her lover, here’s a little morsel from

Don’t Ask the Question If You Don’t Want to Know the Answer By Leonard Zwelling          This is really good advice. It is often given to defense attorneys about asking their clients whether or not “they did it.” In general, it works for everyone. How about some examples?          In the early days of the

That Is Not My Dog By Leonard Zwelling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXn2QVipK2o          This you tube clip is one of the most important pieces of film in the Zwelling-Kleinerman (ok, ok, Kleinerman-Zwelling) household. It sums up the majority of the advice that we have given our children over the years and continue use to the present day when

Relationships By Leonard Zwelling          I have written about relationships a great deal. It’s a major theme of the book I am about to publish for it is relationships, or the lack thereof, that are so crippling the federal government and, in particular, the ability of the Congress and the President to cooperatively deal with

Common Ground Is Not The Same As Compromise By Leonard Zwelling          For a guy who likes to talk, the current President of the United States often has very little to say.          When I was on Capitol Hill, I worked for a man, Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-WY), who was re-elected Tuesday and who