Len Zwelling

Guns; Again By Leonard Zwelling          Again.          The country endures another mass shooting. There will be no trial. The gunman is dead. The scenario that played out from Columbine to Sandy Hook has taken center stage in our national conscience—for about five minutes. Americans refuse to stay on task when it comes to gun […]

What Did The Clinical Leadership Say? A Translation By Leonard Zwelling Here’s the email that was sent from the Division Heads and assorted others on June 10: Dear Faculty Members, MD Anderson Cancer Center provides a unique environment for our faculty members due to our multidisciplinary approach to eliminating cancer; our academic mission has been

Mr. Ryan’s Choice And Yours By Leonard Zwelling Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has declared that he will be voting for Donald Trump for President. This is all in the name of “party unity.” But that’s among the worst excuses for bad behavior I have heard since the “dog ate my homework” or “he

The Greatest In Every Way By Leonard Zwelling          My Dad had a rehearsal for a show he was doing that night. The fight wasn’t on TV so we were all listening on the radio. I guess my father returned home at about ten o’clock and asked how badly he had gotten beaten by Sonny

Five Years, But Who’s Counting? By Leonard Zwelling          We are within the final quarter of the first five years of the DePinho presidency. This seems to be as good a time as any to assess the good and ill of the current president’s tenure.          Let’s start with the good.          It appears that

When Breath Becomes Air By Paul Kalanithi By Leonard Zwelling          A physician dying. On the surface, that’s what this book is about. A young (thirties) chief resident in neurosurgery is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. This is what he left behind—a wife, a baby daughter and this book.          By modern standards, Dr. Kalanithi

Why I Can’t Vote For Either Of Them By Leonard Zwelling          It was 1972 when I could first vote for President. I voted for George McGovern. He lost. I have voted in every election since. I am 6 and 4 in Presidential choosing. That is, I have voted for 6 winners and 4 losers.

A Comma, Semi-colon, Or Hyphen: It’s Hillary’s Choice By Leonard Zwelling          Both major American political parties are undergoing dramatic transitions right before our eyes. The difference is that the GOP has got it done and the Dems have not.          That Donald Trump has become the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President

Surrounded: As By Starbucks By Leonard Zwelling          It was observed by the famous sage of Washington, DC, Lewis Black, that the End of the Universe was the corner of Shepherd and West Gray. There, at this busy intersection, was one Starbucks across the street from another Starbucks. In the intervening years it has actually

The Soul of MD Anderson: Dr. Michael J. Ahearn By Leonard Zwelling          It is said that it takes one of two things to get a minyan (the needed 10 men to hold a formal Jewish prayer service). The first is ten live men. The second is one dead one.          I learned this early