Alexis de Tocqueville
French political thinker and historian (1805-1859)
Universities and Identity Politics
What's the link? And what can donors do?
Saving Free Speech
Can intellectual humility and listening with empathy open closed minds and preserve honest debate?
Natural Advantages
Why philanthropy is often the best choice for solving public problems.
Giving by Degrees
Practitioners look at academic programs in philanthropy
Summer 2019 - Briefly Noted
A troubling screed from the Gray Lady. Seeing a black hole. California's homelessness farce. Taps, hurricane relief, and a TFA meltdown. A truly imaginative university.
A Stroll Through Community Life
Philadelphia
Values Without Borders
Meet the Venezuelan-American family that teaches universal values to promote character education
Fall 2012 - Briefly Noted
Niall Ferguson s civil society, not-so-sweet lemonade buyers, Greeks bearing gifts, and more
Against the Tide
David Horowitz surveys the landscape of liberal grantmakers.
Editor's Introduction
An overview of the Fall 2012 issue dedicated to the many Americans whose labors do so much to enrich our collective life.
Summer 2017 - President's Note
Left-Right Collaboration in a Hyper-partisan Age
What Next?
Reactions to the roadmap
Fall 2015 - Interview with Bruce Kovner
The trading titan on investing in ideas and policy, school choice, and music
The Art of Public-Policy Philanthropy: The Battle of Ideas
Featuring Kim Dennis, Gara LaMarche, Roger Hertog, and Chris DeMuth
Winter 2015 - Philanthropy's Dangerous Rival
The clamor for limitless government threatens every private initiative
It's About Freedom, Not Finances
The real reason for keeping the government s hands off of the charitable deduction
DoNation
Which Americans give most to charity?