America’s extended political primary process has been dubbed the “silly season,” but given the pronouncements of this year’s Republican candidates, “stupid season” is a more appropriate moniker. The various GOP candidates talk trash about everything from the TARP bailout to the recent budget fiasco, but... Continue
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It is far better for members of a nonprofit organization’s leadership team to spend time planning ways to build a strong relationship with a donor than it is for them to plan how to get a donor or prospective donor to give money to their... Continue
Ringing, actually. Like millions of others, I suffer from tinnitus, in my case a continuous squeal of high-pitched hissing, sounding much like the steam valve in a turn-of-the-century radiator I lived with in my first one-room apartment in New York. Tinnitus affects millions of people,... Continue
The latest stocks falling into oblivion makes me want to eat potato chips. And on top of this, friends are getting sick or afraid of getting some disease. Losses abound and all the way around, I’m letting go. Housing, people dying, bank statements, friends relocating... Continue
Lucky for us the framers of the U.S. Constitution put happiness right near the top of the list, just under life and liberty. Had that not been the case, most of us would be in dead-end jobs we hate, buried in debt, beholden to others,... Continue
Dear Bonnie: I’ve been having a tax problem for a very long time. The IRS says I still owe for my 2008 income tax return and even though I sent a copy of my cancelled check several times already, they act like they never received... Continue
It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention but what is the mother of necessity? Just as generosity is mother of all blessings, so the mother of all necessity is suffering. To live is to suffer. Is there anyone you know who does not... Continue
Nearly two years ago I wrote in this paper that popular fantasies about an increase in consumer spending turning around the economy were a joke. At that time the worst of the housing and credit crisis was becoming manifest, and foreclosures were beginning to soar.... Continue
Roundup (Glyphosate) is a particularly effective herbicide that is widely used in agriculture to control weeds growing among food crops. Monsanto, the developer of Roundup, wedded Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) with Roundup to create a completely integrated system of crops that are genetically altered to... Continue
As nonprofit organizations grow to meet increased community needs, the leadership of these organizations must often decide whether or not to engage in a capital campaign to raise the necessary funds that growth requires. A capital campaign is characterized as a significant fundraising effort to... Continue