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Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits by Lesley Rosenthal (John Wiley & Sons 2012) As I embarked on writing Good Counsel: Meeting the Legal Needs of Nonprofits, well-meaning and concerned folks cited at least three reasons why no one had written such a book before, and (implicitly) why I shouldn’t try: it’s too [...]
Archive for the ‘Good news’ Category
December 31st, 2011
Category: 501(c)(3), charity, Good news, Higher education, Human rights, Law Notes, Management, Music, NonProfits, Organizing, Philanthropy, Religion and Politics, Think Tanks, Uncategorized
November 29th, 2011
ARM´s 25 billion general-purpose computer cores are like mitochondria in cells.
August 5th, 2011
Category: Good news, Religion and Politics
I was walking through Grant Park, when an angel approached me in the form of a police horse. He tapped me on the shoulder and simply stated, “God wants to release a short statement on RBC tonight.” Flustered by the request, I wasn’t sure what to say. “Why me? Why RBC? Have you asked Mark?” [...]
January 5th, 2011
As correcting historic injustices go, this doesn’t make it anywhere near the top, but I’ll take it.
August 28th, 2010
The Financial Reform Act surprisingly includes the long-awaited requirement for natural resource companies to publish what they pay to kleptocrats.
August 18th, 2009
Category: Democrats in Congress, Good news, Health Care, Permanent campaign, Struggle Between Good and Evil
From the NYT, posted 7 minutes ago: Democrats Seem Set to Go Alone on a Health Bill Now all we need to do is get rid of the “seem,” and we’re set.
May 26th, 2009
The greatest woman in the world is someone no one would have expected a decade ago.
March 26th, 2009
Category: Good news
Since January, and no-one told me! I love Maira Kalman! This month’s op-ed pushes all my buttons: Thomas More, de Toqueville, New England local governance, social capital…. Well, so did the one in January, my other buttons, blessings and thanks for small and big odd things and banal things my favorite poem. I love Maira [...]
February 4th, 2009
Is health care for kids good?
January 25th, 2009
And there was much rejoicing…
