Los Angeles Speaking of civil and equal rights, a column on Sunday in the Times by the Freakonomics duo, Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, on the unintended consequences of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), was disturbing and warrants results. They made two points. One was that the employment of the disabled decreased after passage …

New Orleans     On this semi-holiday recognized by most governmental workers, non-profits, and precious few others, it is interesting to find Dr. King and his legacy so much part of the debate in our public space. The Presidential politics on the Democratic side pitting a woman against an African-American of course pushes the question of …

New Orleans        A couple of notes worth mentioning in follow-up to blogs of the past especially about the world and wildness in non-profit land: *    GiveWell.org         We have discussed the boosterism of Stephanie Strom of the Times  was this small operation and its young former hedge fund researchers who were promoting themselves …