Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Memorial Day Weekend at Goose Rocks Beach

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This weekend we returned to Goose Rocks Beach in Maine for our tenth summer and as always, almost nothing had changed. Our neighbor’s two re...
Monday, May 21, 2012

"So Rich, So Poor" Important New Book on Poverty in America

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May 29 is the official publication date for an important new book called So Rich, So Poor: Why It’s So Hard to End Poverty In America. It wa...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Sounds of Silence: Are Nonprofits Too Passive About Public Policy?

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Last week the House of Representatives passed the budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan on a party line vote. In one ...
Friday, March 23, 2012

No Kid Hungry and the human capital needed for national security

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One of the strongest arguments for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign is coming from one of the most surprising places: The Cou...
Saturday, March 3, 2012

Mario Morino on the fiscal crisis facing nonprofits and the need to rethink and reinvent

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 More than 15 years ago Mario Morino was the first investor in Community Wealth Ventures and has long been a keen and candid observer of the...

“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.” Harry McPherson's Memorial Service

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On Friday morning, my colleague Chuck Scofield and I walked over to Saint John’s Church across from the White House for the memorial service...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

A glimmer of unity rather than division: political lessons from No Kid Hungry

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Today’s headlines report the retirement of Maine’s Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, widely seen as one of the last of the moderates. The va...