Len Zwelling

Deflated NFL Balls Should Surprise Us Less Than Inflated Academic Egos By Leonard Zwelling          Let’s agree to control ourselves and not make any single entendres about  “DeflateGate.” Unless you have been on Venus for the past week, you are aware that the New England Patriots, the AFL representative team in the Super Bowl, have […]

Political Judo or Karate for Those With Interest in Conflict? By Leonard Zwelling          Several readers have commented on my letter to The Cancer Letter and the unsigned MD Anderson response to it. I had originally thought I would leave the issue be, but, as usual, self-control is not my strongest suit.          I, too,

Anti-Anti-Semitism Is the New Black in Europe By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/world/middleeast/modest-victory-for-israel-in-quest-for-international-meeting-on-anti-semitism.html?_r=0          This piece by Somini Sengupta in the NY Times on January 23 reports on the first meeting at the UN, home of Zionism as racism, on anti-Semitism. This is reminiscent of the calls to “integrate Harlem, but not my neighborhood” that accompanied the

To all: You be the judges. http://www.cancerletter.com/articles/20150123_8 The following is reprinted with permission by the Editor of the Cancer Letter.  LZ publication date: Jan 23, 2015 Previous | Next  Is $100M in Stock Enough to Make MD Anderson Go Public with its Conflict-of-Interest Management Plan? By Leonard Zwelling Last week, it was reported in both The Cancer Letter

When Tone Deafness Becomes Arrogance: The Tale of Two Presidents By Leonard Zwelling          It is certainly not a beneficial trait of a leader to appear deaf to the views and pleas of those he leads. It is even worse when that leader devises strategies in that aural vacuum that will undoubtedly make life harder

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Before We Pick the Horses, Let’s Define the Race By Leonard Zwelling          In early May of 2016, in Louisville, Kentucky, thousands will gather to sip juleps, wear gaudy hats, dress to the nines and watch the most exciting two minutes in sports. It’s called the Kentucky Derby. It’s a horse race. Like all horse

American Sniper: Don’t Miss; He Didn’t By Leonard Zwelling          We desperately need some heroes.          Our military is being asked to nation build. That’s not what militaries do. They defend the nations they already represent against real enemies. They may destroy nations as our military did in Germany and Japan in WWII. Nation building

Why I Still Write About MD Anderson By Leonard Zwelling          I know, I know, I should just get over it. I am long gone, unconnected and grateful for the time I spent at Anderson. Why don’t I just leave the knuckleheads alone?          Anyone who knows me knows the answer to that one. It’s