Normalizing the Abnormal: How DePinho Altered MD Anderson By Leonard Zwelling In an insightful piece in the NY Times Magazine of November 6, Charles Homans describes how the Trump candidacy (and now looming presidency) altered what is considered “normal” in American politics. I think this is a good observation because things like misogyny, racism, …
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Dave’s Top Ten Problems In NCI-Designated Cancer Centers By Leonard Zwelling I bet you think this is a top ten list from David Letterman. Nope. It’s a top ten list from David Rubenson in the November 4 issue of the Cancer Letter. He is the current director of the scientific communications company called nobadslides.com …
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It Won’t Be Enough: The Latest Austerity Is Likely To Fall Far Short By Leonard Zwelling I see a new list of austerity measures is out. Along with curtailing new hiring and wine at dinner, the leadership of MD Anderson has taken Perrier out of the doctors’ lounge and encouraged all the clinicians to …
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On the European Sidelines For The American Revolution: When Trump Won As Brexit Moved West By Leonard Zwelling Coming back from dinner last night in Lisbon (Tuesday evening in Portugal, but afternoon in Houston), I was speaking with our cab driver who mused that surely Hillary Clinton would be elected President because that was …
EXTRA: Pre-Election Special: The Boomers’ Last Chance To Get It Right By Leonard Zwelling We’ve had two chances. Bill Clinton was a pretty successful representative of our best natures as Baby Boomers, but also our worst as Jonathan Mahler points out in today’s NY Times. In the end, he was self-indulgent, self-centered and …
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A Stinky Choice By Leonard Zwelling Tuesday, November 8 is E–Day and for the first time that I can remember, I will not be in America on Election Day. The BW, Coach K, has a big meeting in Lisbon and I am tagging along carrying her briefcase. I suspect that I will be up …
Dry Recruiting Lunches, Dry Seminar Dinners, No Holiday Parties: Bah, Humbug By Leonard Zwelling The word has come from on high. No more alcohol is permitted during recruiting and speaker’s dinners. Contingent workers cannot be hired, nor can RFA appointments be made nor promotions sought. Visiting appointments and classified staff hiring is also …
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The Latest Clinton October Surprise: A Violation of the Hatch Act? By Leonard Zwelling It seems like poetic justice that Hillary Clinton may be undone by emails, not on her computers, Blackberrys or servers, but on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, a man with the sexual constraints of, say, Bill Clinton when it comes …
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Where’s Ron-do? By Leonard Zwelling The video from Big Brother Fontaine said it all. MD Anderson is not making enough money at its core area of expertise—oh, that’s patient care if you were wondering—and it’s spending too much. It is spending so much that Mr. Fontaine is asking everyone at the managerial level to …
Choice: Presidents and Health Insurance By Leonard Zwelling Americans like choice. In cars, breakfast cereal, health plans and presidents. And why the heck not? When I was a kid, there were three choices of cars—GM, Ford and other. Most people did not choose other except the few who drove Nash Ramblers (Google it). …
