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,...
Aug 11, 2020 | Alan's Letter
I want to say something about Donor Advised Funds, which have rightfully come under a lot of criticism lately (rather than repeat the criticisms, I’ve attached Alan M. Cantor’s terrific piece from the Chronicle of Philanthropy): I am guilty as charged–my foundation...
Aug 4, 2020 | Alan's Letter
I recently came across an outstanding critique of billionaires by Professor Mehrsa Baradaran in a debate before the Oxford Union (“It Is Immoral To Be a Billionaire”), at which she manages to articulate her case in the affirmative in just nine...
Jul 21, 2020 | Alan's Letter
If you know someone who doesn’t think sending in federal “troops” to Portland to quash constitutionally protected civil disobedience is a scary thought, you have to wonder what that person was doing in high school while all of his classmates were in history class....
Jul 14, 2020 | Alan's Letter
We are soft-launching the Crisis Charitable Commitment on Bastille Day. For those not familiar with the story, July 14, 1789 was a turning point in history for France, a revolution brought about by economic depression, high unemployment and famine, and perhaps most...
