The Crooks Were Higher Up By Leonard Zwelling One of my favorite books is The Big Short, Michael Lewis’ description of the origins of the financial meltdown of 2008 and how a group of really smart guys made a ton of money selling mortgage securities short (betting their value would fall). It is a […]
Denying The Up Side of Apologies By Leonard Zwelling You gotta love that Paul Goldberg. In the Cancer Letter of September 27 reporting on the recent series of faculty meetings at Anderson with the Chancellor and the local leadership team, his headline reads “DePinho Takes Responsibility, Apologizes for ‘Morale Issues’”. This is
“I’M NOT A CROOK” By Leonard Zwelling Nixon Tells Editors, ‘I’m Not a Crook’ By Carroll Kilpatrick Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, November 18, 1973; Page A01 Orlando, Fla, Nov. 17 — Declaring that “I am not a crook,” President Nixon vigorously defended his record in the Watergate case tonight and said he had
My first blog from the New World of the non-profit sector. More to come if you continue to read. Thanks to all who have and will. A Gruntled Shutdown By Leonard Zwelling One of the major themes of this blog has been the unsettling parallels between events on Capitol Hill and events on Holcombe
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This is the last blog before I start my new work at Legacy Community Health. We will take a week off from blogging and start again in the new month. Hello, I Must Be Going By Leonard Zwelling I couldn’t think of a better title for my last blog as an Anderson faculty member
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The Furrier Cometh By Leonard Zwelling My old friend and colleague Fred Becker was right all along. The leopard won’t change his spots until he hears the furrier coming. Dr. DePinho and the Band of Five Others blinked yesterday afternoon in the A T and T Auditorium with the furrier rapping on the door.
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150,000 Can’t Be Wrong By Leonard Zwelling Before I close up shop as an Anderson blogger next week and go independent (same URL, no worries), I would like to acknowledge those of you who have contacted me in person or by email about the blog. It has been most encouraging to know that you
The Time For Another Survey Has Passed By Leonard Zwelling The last few days at Anderson have been momentous. Starting with the Chancellor’s visit we have learned (for the third time) that morale among the faculty is at an all-time low and that the poor morale encompasses more employees that just the faculty.
Faith, Perception, Fact: There Is a Difference By Leonard Zwelling There are several levels of belief. We in medicine like to think we make our decisions based on scientific fact, but in truth, we often don’t have the facts about how best to treat a patient. That’s why we do research. The research is
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Let ‘Em Eat Cake By Len Zwelling This is a brief follow-up to the blog about the PRS retirement money. It turns out that the table at the Chaplaincy Dinner is far more costly than I had thought. It is $5000. So if the PRS allowed me to use the $5000 set aside for
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