Heartland Art
…have gone underappreciated. The stories of how Crystal Bridges curators discovered these artists are part of the exhibition. The works on display were assembled through a 100,000-mile coast-to-coast-to-coast search that…
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Summer 2015 – Why Work Is the Best Charity for the Poor
…to poverty? If we search out what it is that banishes need and fills wants for most people, the answer is obvious: Work. That is the poverty solution that happens…
Briefly Noted
…challenge was a waste and that scientists weren’t using the money to do research, etc. I assure you that this is absolutely false.” The surge of research funding from the…
Winter 2016 – Big Bets and the Aspiration Gap
…been a major factor in the popularity of charter schools, and a spur to ambitious school reform. The Fishers bet big, and they had a major effect. Research by the…
On U.S. Campuses, Free Inquiry Is Taking a Beating
…article. Evaluate it. What do you think of the research?” Who do you think finds lots of flaws in that research study? Coffee drinkers! But not just any coffee drinkers….
Fall 2017 – Battle Creek Alchemy
Prior to chemistry, there was alchemy, the Middle-Age practice of combining mixtures of substances together, along with incantation, in search of elixirs of life. In the modern era we use…
Parenting the Privileged
…your check and graduate you. Money can buy anything you want.” The legacy of great wealth also has the potential to overwhelm young people’s search for identity, a search that…
The Calculating Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
…instance, SiliconValley luminaries like Larry Ellison, Peter Thiel, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and others have put up billions tofund “life-extension” research. “Death makes me very angry,” Ellison has said….
Philanthropic Quotes
…American tradition: that every individual is worthy, and no one is trapped by their circumstance. Condoleezza Rice Back to Top The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities—a…
Progressive Philanthropists Forget a Century’s Worth of Lessons
…activity.” But large digital platforms enable millions of small businesses to reach customers across the country and around the globe. Amazon and Facebook’s marketplaces and Google’s ‘Near Me’ search results…
What Donors Can Learn from Succession Planning in Business
…intent long after their death. They often begin and end the search for their philanthropic successor by selecting family because they feel their philanthropy is a form of inheritance. While…
From Snowy Egrets to Jungle Gardens
…went into the swamps in search of nests of the snowy herons to get some young so that I could try to save these beautiful birds from being exterminated by the…