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01 August 2016
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Presidential politics and nonprofit “rules for relevance”

      In recent years presidential nominating conventions have evolved  from selecting nominees, to serving as a four day infomercial for...

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26 July 2016
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Bearing Witness in Appalachia: Unseen America

            Below you’ll find a piece written by one of my colleagues in the best tradition of bearing witness. Elizabeth...

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25 July 2016
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Why America’s Children are the Next Great Cause Worth Fighting For

            Over the weekend, John Martin, national political correspondent for the New York Times, wrote an article headlined “Democrats, Looking...

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18 July 2016
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Baton Rouge

           The murder of more police officers yesterday in Baton Rouge shocks but no longer surprises. Horrific incidents of violence...

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05 July 2016
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Letter from the Hardest Day of Chefs Cycle

After the second day of Chefs Cycle we stayed at a Days Inn near the water in Morro Bay. The...

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18 June 2016
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Special Culinary Opportunity for Donors to My Chefs Cycle Ride

In addition to the improbable spectacle of me cycling 300 miles for our No Kid Hungry campaign at the end...

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13 June 2016
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Orlando and the Imperative of Rededicating Ourselves to Mission and Humanity

            The events in Orlando are almost impossible to process. If you are like me you search without knowing precisely...

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31 May 2016
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Top 10 things I don’t keep count of when on my bike

Training for a 300 mile bike ride means keeping count of many things such as days left until the ride...

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16 May 2016
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Graduation Speech at U of Pennsylvania May 15, 2016

            Thank you Dean Fluharty, and thank all of you for this opportunity to return to the place that for...