Len Zwelling

EXTRA: The VA Problem Is Not Just Routine Government Ineptitude

Why the VA Problem Is Not Just the Same Old Government Ineptitude By Leonard Zwelling      I did some of my internal medicine training at the Durham, NC VA. I was there when the brand new out-patient clinic opened. It was a beautiful facility, but the patients were still very difficult. While there was a …

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TRIGGER WARNINGS AND THE RIGHT TO OFFEND

“Trigger Warnings” and The Great American Right to Offend By Leonard Zwelling http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/us/warning-the-literary-canon-could-make-students-squirm.html?hp&_r=0          I had no idea. Jennifer Medina reports in the NY Times (link above) on Sunday, May 18 about something called “trigger warnings.” These warnings are like the ones before most television dramas on HBO. They inform anyone about to watch a …

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A COMMON MESSAGE FROM THE REBBE AND DUKE MEDICAL SCHOOL

The Common Message of Duke Medical School and the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Don’t Be Common By Leonard Zwelling       I am being challenged yet again.       Throughout my tenure as a vice president at MD Anderson, I was confronted with hostility. This is the nature of administration and being a leader within it. The faculty hated …

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