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Irving Kristol: A Good Egghead, Messily Making Omelettes
American public life’s coming years will likely feature many fights—hopefully, much of it to ultimate good effect for everyday citizens. We could see, for example, an insurgent politician against the…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 12, 2020

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America’s Move from “I” to “We” and Back to “I”
Harvard University political scientist Robert D. Putnam’s new book The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again, written with Shaylyn Romney Garrett,…
by Michael E. Hartmann on November 9, 2020

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Strategic Ultra-High-Net-Worth Philanthropy
Globally, there were an estimated 265,490 people with a net worth of $30 million or more in 2018, according to Wealth-X’s World Ultra Wealth Report 2019, by Maya Imberg and…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 22, 2020

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What Conservative Philanthropy Should Have Seen Coming
Respected Wall Street Journal executive editor Gerald F. Seib’s interesting and engaging new book "We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Reagan to Trump—A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution" skillfully overviews the 40-year reign…
by Michael E. Hartmann on October 19, 2020

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Benevolence, Philanthropy, and Identity in Civic Gifts
The coronavirus pandemic has raised many serious questions regarding the roles of the public and private sectors in securing societal well-being. These include questions about the nature and scope of…
by Daniel P. Schmidt, Michael E. Hartmann on August 11, 2020

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Scales of Philanthropy, and “Shares” of Wealth
“We should talk about philanthropy,” Sam Harris says a little more than halfway through Episode #205 of his always-interesting Making Sense podcast last month. “Obviously, I think we should encourage philanthropy as much as we can. I…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 9, 2020

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Religious Organizations in The Nonprofit Sector
The new, third edition of The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook offers a thorough assessment of the state of the nonprofit field. It features an examination of nonprofit religious organizations, including an…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 8, 2020

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Recognizing Symptoms of Groupthink in Philanthropy
“Groupthink,” as we understand it, is bad, we all know—or at least we think, or say, we do. Maybe we just label it away when we need or want to…
by Michael E. Hartmann on June 1, 2020

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Conservative Philanthropy in The Nonprofit Sector
The new, third edition of The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook offers a thorough assessment of the state of the nonprofit field—with 30 well-sourced and -endnoted chapters by 45 mostly academic…
by Michael E. Hartmann on May 29, 2020

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Strassel’s Resistance (At All Costs) Features CRC Research
If you want to know who’s damaging American democracy, don’t point to Donald Trump—look at his leftist detractors. That’s the major theme of Wall Street Journal editorialist Kimberley Strassel in…
by Hayden Ludwig on April 13, 2020