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Snopes has a good page up at the moment that seperates truth from fiction on the question of how to donate to the Haiti relief efforts.
The most popular method for donating to the effort seems to b…
Posted by admin in Charity
I read this blog post about megarich Silicon Valley veteran Tom Perkins today and then went over to 60 Minutes to see the segment for myself. In short, Perkins has a lot of rich guy stuff, including t…
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Robert Frank, who new book Richistan I reviewed a couple of weeks back, had a very interesting item on his blog yesterday. In "More Giving, Fewer Plaques Please", Frank offers the opinion th…
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I have a weakness that I'd like to confess. I generally lose my mind at charity auctions.
If you're not familiar with charity auctions, they often work as follows. First, there will be a sile…
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In my last post I referred to the salvation Army's holiday bell ringers and why they might be getting less than they used to. I mentioned that there seem to be an increasing number of non-profits …