Len Zwelling

The Donald, The Ronald, The Outrage By Leonard Zwelling          One of the high points of my year in Washington was a lazy afternoon in the summer of 2009 when the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee of the US Senate was meeting during the mark-up (amendment) process. Acting chairman Chris Dodd was late, not […]

M D AmySon By Leonard Zwelling          If you want to see a slow motion but accelerating train wreck, go see the new documentary Amy by Asif Kapadia. In graphic, stark and ever more depressing detail, Mr. Kapadia tells the story of the rise and fall and eventual death of one of the truly most

The White Paper: The White Album of the Faculty Senate Only Better By Leonard Zwelling          The White Album was the only Beatles double album filled with new material. It was released in November 1968 and I remember that well. It probably contained about one album’s worth of great stuff and one album of OK

Why The Iranian Deal Is Bad By Leonard Zwelling          There are two extreme views of the deal announced by the Western powers, Russia, China and Iran.          The first is the one held by President Obama. He believes that this deal is better than no deal because it will allow sufficient verification of Iranian

Then Who Made the Snake? Is There Free Will or Not? By Leonard Zwelling          It is a given in our society that men and women have free will. It’s clearly in both the New and Old Testaments for it is the basis of both forgiveness and atonement. It is the foundation of the criminal

Just Turn the Damned Thing Off: The War Against Cell Phones In Theaters By Leonard Zwelling          I am as dependent on my smart phone as anyone else. Believe it or not, I actually do send and receive telephone calls on it allowing me to speak to a real live person and hear what that

Greece Is the Word By Leonard Zwelling          Wait a minute! This may well be Zorba’s “full catastrophe.” http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/business/international/greece-debt-crisis-euro.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=b-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0          An entire country votes overwhelmingly to reject a deal from all of the surrounding countries to lend it money if and only if the nation in severe debt begins to act like a group of

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The Good Jobs Strategy Must Include the Faculty By Leonard Zwelling          Joe Nocera has become an ever more prolific and profound observer as a NY Times editorialist in recent years. His coverage of the outrage that is the NCAA has been continuous and unrelenting in taking to task the white men who try to

Dr. Atlas advocates one solution to the lack of health care for many in the U.S.—increasing access to private health insurance. Exactly how does that improve things? All it does is increase the amount of money in the pockets of the insurers rather than paying doctors and other providers who actually deliver care. If we