New Orleans When “thrifting” became a verb of some kind it was signal that a generation was taking the classic rummage sales to a whole new level. I’ve spent no small amount of time over the years sitting in a vehicle or ambling between the rows while mi companera or daughter saw some …
Category: Non-Profit
Now, They Want to Take Down Wikipedia, Really?
Toronto Full disclosure, I’ve sent Wikipedia a couple of dollars from time to time. Not because they are perfect, but because they are wildly useful. I use it all the time, which is why I thought I should give another nonprofit some support, rather than being a freeloader. Sure, I’ve got beefs. Gary Delgado …
Public Broadcasting and Private Support
Ocean Springs Congress in the first recission or clawback of a legislatively approved appropriation since 1999 under President Clinton canceled $9 billion in funding for foreign aid, which included more than one-billion for public broadcasting, targeting NPR and PBS. Defunding public broadcasting has been on the conservative wish list since the Nixon administration. Republican …


