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