New Orleans Vigilantes without boundaries, citizens only of Laptopistan, hiding in the hobbit-hole of the internet, have spent weeks now trying to muscle Wikileaks off the “air” so to speak. Some are self-identified as “patriots,” while others are using “bots” to overwhelm servers to jam up Wikileaks sites. This is all out of control and …
Category: Ideas and Issues
End Charitable Deductions
New Orleans Thinking about it, there’s really not much of a consistent, coherent, politically progressive position that can defend the continued existence of the charitable tax deduction for donors, both citizen and rich. I think we should all do our part to support the government and, hey, even take a shot at the debt, and …
Transitions: Tides Honors Drummond Pike
San Francisco It speaks to the very core and character of an institution – and its founder – when an institution can really honor the contributions of its founder and director for 34 years with class, confidence, conviction, and courage the way that the Tides Network of foundations, nonprofits, and sundry philanthropic enterprises did last …