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LATEST ARTICLES ( 69 )

• PEDs: Here We Go Again

  

  Yes, here we go again…Just as the Super Bowl approaches and baseball’s spring training follows closely afterward, sports news is being dominated not by positive... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Planting A Tree of Life in The Galilee

  

  “It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will some day give shade to people he may never meet.” – Dr. David Trueblood Israeli Prime Minister... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Simple, Positive Messages Can Be the Most Powerful

  

  Late last year I wrote about the billboards, posters and other media currently being utilized in a campaign to generate support for public education in Los... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Thank You, Palladia

  

  This album from Grace Potter The Nocturnals is still on heavy rotation in my collection.Every now and then I run across a significant new artist whose music... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Can We Talk?

  

  I rarely post ‘political’ commentary, either on blogs or on Facebook posts or anywhere else. I’ve become so disturbed by so much of the rhetoric I see,... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 SOCIETY

• The Philanthropist: A Failed Drama, but What About a Reality Show?

  

  I’ve been seeing commercials for the new Kevin Bacon TV drama called The Following lately, which co-stars James Purefoy as an imprisoned serial killer who has... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Family History: The Search Continues…

  

  There’s something very addictive about genealogy: the work is never done, but every discovery just whets the appetite for more. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• America’s Pastime on the Silver Screen: Baseball Movies Good and Bad

  

  Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs in ‘The Natural’ As fall turns toward winter I always start watching more movies, both at theaters and at home. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Fundraising Through Inspiration…or Through Fear?

  

  Maybe I’m old-fashioned. I’ve always believed in, and preached the importance of, inspiring donors to give. I believe donors tend to give to causes in which the... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• The Alexia Foundation Supports Photographers as Agents For Change

  

  The most important issues of our time – the most important events in history – many of us can recall the photographs in our heads and the stories that they... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• The Brooklyn Theater Fire of 1876

  

  I’ve been doing a lot of family history work lately…I’ve dabbled in genealogy research for decades, and I’m constantly amazed at some of the discoveries that I... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• World Series 2012: So Much for the Pundits’ Picks

  

  The Detroit Tigers, at 88-74, had the fewest wins of any division champion in 2012. They were tied with the National League Wild Card St. Louis Cardinals for th... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 2012 World Series, Game One

  

  Pablo Sandoval crosses the plate after one of his record-tying three home runs in a World Series game. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/AP) I was lucky enough to be at Game On... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Game Seven

  

  As the FOX commentators droned on toward the end of Game 6 of the NLCS about how “there’s nothing like a Game 7 in all of sports,” one of my happiest thoughts... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 20 Successful Nonprofits Started by Students

  

  It was great to hear earlier this week from Sophia Coppolla, a content manager for OnlineCollege.org, who shared with me an article on nonprofit organizations... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Baseball’s “Steroid Era” Still Echoes in Today’s News

  

  Rockies veteran Jason Giambi The news that grizzled veteran slugger Jason Giambi was interviewing for the Colorado Rockies managerial job – which coincided... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• How to Build the Perfect Philanthropy

  Reblogged from TIME Ideas: What’s in a personal donation? Everything, if you’re one of the millions of people who depend on philanthropies to assist with... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• Major Gifts: It’s About Relationships

  

  One of the great pleasures in working with nonprofits is being part of the excitement of a monumental announcement. Yesterday one of my clients, the Santa... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY

• “Step up to the Plate” Takes on a Whole New Meaning

  

  There’s a fun event planned this month at West Sacramento’s Raley Field, home of the Pacific Coast League’s Sacramento RiverCats – and it has nothing to do... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Eating Burgers for a Cause

  

  September 18 has been dubbed “National Cheeseburger Day” by whoever makes decisions on “official” days. Just last week there was a “National Cabernet Day,” whic... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 CHARITY, SOCIETY