ScienceDaily News Release: United States, Russia, China Link Up First Global-Ring Network For Advanced Science And Education Cooperation As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m encouraged by the degree to which science is a global effort. Knowledge really knows no borders, and now here is a high-speed computer network that reflects that. Who wouldda thunk we’d be pipelining with ...

Impact counts: Charity should focus on performance. Philanthropy Journal: Your Online Source for Nonprofit News Self-criticism seems to be a trend in the NPO community. This is the second opinion piece I’ve seen in the last couple of weeks from within the clan that has not been kind to “ineffective” charities. The concern seems to be that the sins of ...

Not a brand new idea, but it always sounds refreshing: tithing.

Since it’s day one of a new year, I’m going use the occasion to explore some ideas about the future (otherwise known as Wild A** Guesses, WAGs). What attracts my attention is big general trends that have effects in the long run but of which there may be only quick glimpses on any given day. There’s a lot of noise ...