Len Zwelling

The Fallacy Of Turning A University Into A Drug Company By Leonard Zwelling http://www.wsj.com/articles/big-pharma-short-on-blockbusters-outsources-the-science-1481042583?mod=djemalertNEWS          We need to get back to first principles.          Academic research is research for research’s sake. You cannot justify the pursuit of enzymology in deep-sea bacteria any other way. Why we cannot seem to get comfortable with the notion that […]

When To Protest By Leonard Zwelling          I have come under some criticism for not objecting more strongly to some of the things Donald Trump says about minorities, immigrants, women, Muslims and even Jews in this space.          It is not that I do not find the President-elect’s utterances offensive. I do. None is more

Seriously? Literally? By Leonard Zwelling “This is the problem with the media,” says Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump’s former campaign manager. “You guys took everything that Donald Trump said so literally. “The American people didn’t. They understood it.” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38188074          This was reiterated by a panelist on Meet the Press Sunday who said the press took

Was 2016 A Bad Year? For The U.S.? For Us at MD Anderson? By Leonard Zwelling          There is much in the press about how 2016 was a bad year. There were Brexit and the Trump victory by negative 2.5 million votes. There were natural disasters galore from fires to earthquakes. There were the usual

Same Old, Same Old When New Is Needed By Leonard Zwelling http://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-nancy-pelosi-keeps-hold-of-house-democratic-leader-post-1480524333?mod=djemalertNEWS          It never ceases to amaze me that people in groups that have been battered continue to stick with the leadership that caused them to be reduced to minority status.          It was amazing to me even as a small child, that the

Conflict of Interest: Part Deux Or Is This Trois? By Leonard Zwelling          This is one of my favorite subjects. How can you not love it when people pledged to perform fiduciary roles undermine their own credibility through greed? It’s so, what’s the word? American!          The new President-elect is up to his eyeballs in

Ron’s Plan: What Is It? By Leonard Zwelling          At a recent Managers’ Forum, the leadership of MD Anderson sought to quell the unease in the body politic of the institution by assuring the gathered that they had the budget shortfall problem in hand and were going to solve it.          The President himself assured

Already In Mid-Revolution: MD Anderson Is Halfway Home By Leonard Zwelling          Many people, including my kids, are wondering why I am not more depressed about the results of the election and the subsequent appointees to the Trump Administration.          It’s pretty much what I say every birthday while complaining that something else is hurting.

The Cabinet: Who’s In It Says A Lot About Who Put Them There—In The Government Or In Academia By Leonard Zwelling          I remember the Kennedy Cabinet. Dean Rusk, Douglas Dillon, Robert McNamara, Bobby Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, and Arthur Goldberg—these guys were legends in the making—both good and bad. The only one who was controversial

I Am Starting To Worry By Leonard Zwelling          Obviously, like all Americans, I am watching as President-elect Donald Trump begins to form the government that will be serving the American people at noon EST on January 20, 2017. His first appointment of Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff was both sobering and welcome. While