Lisbon        At the New York Times tis the season for Stephanie Strom to report regularly on the shortcomings of charities, and the season is really the end of the tax year rather than anything to do with gift giving or the Christmas holidays.  The latest report once again introduces the bias that if only …

Lisbon        Thanks to the horrors of modern technology even on your vacation you can both get inquiries about what in the world is happening with the near riots at the New Orleans City Council where demonstrators were getting tasered and darned if you can’t read all about it, hour by hour, in your local …

Lisbon        ‘Tis the season and everywhere we find the opportunity to buy, buy, buy and in some cases supposedly have some of those purchases make contributions to good causes along the way.  Over the last 15-20 years this “embedded giving,” has seemed ubiquitous, but in a bah-humbug moment, Stephanie Strom of the New York …