French political thinker and historian (1805-1859)

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.

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.

What Next?

Reactions to the roadmap

DoNation

Which Americans give most to charity?