Nov 3, 2020 | Alan's Letter
When we soft-launched the Crisis Charitable Commitment on Bastille Day, July 14, we intentionally started a countdown clock for the election (we had one on our web site)–at the time sixteen weeks out. The election still seemed like a long way off, especially given the...
Oct 20, 2020 | Alan's Letter
The end is in sight: 2020 will end in 10 weeks; voting will end in 2 weeks. Who knows when the election will end? I hope you received my weekend letter highlighting the funding needs of the Election Integrity Fund (EIF) and similar efforts and weighing in on the...
Oct 6, 2020 | Alan's Letter
If you’ve been studiously reading my bi-weekly letters (if not, you can catch up here) you know that I’m fond of numbers–in fact I’d say I’m a borderline numerologist. When I started this letter late last week we had just hit 50 signatories and I was reflecting on the...
Sep 22, 2020 | Alan's Letter
“While I was growing up, my father admonished me” is how my last letter to you started–such a brilliant opening that I’ll use it again, only this time the admonishment was: “if you don’t vote, you’re voting for the other side.” Voting had unusual significance for my...
Sep 8, 2020 | Alan's Letter
While I was growing up, my father admonished me to never count other people’s money, which is ironic because he was an accountant and all he did was count other people’s money. (BTW, accounting is genetic, so you’ll notice I tend to throw out a lot of numbers in these...
Aug 25, 2020 | Alan's Letter
Many years ago I went to Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls. I was standing–waiting to run– on a spot that happened to be a part of the road that got cleared by police just before the race began to allow more room for runners further back. I was very disappointed,...
