New Orleans In talking about Citizen Wealth around the country I’m frequently asked about education and the old saw that education creates income security. Odds are that there is still truth to that, but it was shocking to read how predatory the least slipup can be for students taking on debts for a key to …
Month: February 2010
Becker and the Senators
New Orleans There’s an old saying down in this part of the country that “if you roll around with the dogs, you’re going to get fleas.” True that! For many months I’ve bitten my lip as I’ve watched the neo-McCarthy efforts of the right try to sidetrack the early, breathtaking nomination of Craig Becker, a …
Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy
New Orleans All of the surveys indicate that regular folks…working people and even poor people are much more generous as personal philanthropists that the rich. The rich get the tax exemption and their names on the buildings, but basically the rest of us somehow enrich life itself for real people. A story in the Times …