Good news for the conversation about philanthropy. Lenore Ealy, of The Philanthropic Enterprise, now has a blog. Hope others in her network of conservative or libertarian academics, thinkers, givers and theorists will follow suit. In blogs you just can't talk ex cathedra, or walk off in a huff, when your dignity is challenged. There are so many insubordinate questions that need to be asked about money in our society, altruism, intellect, governance, freedom and liberty, about who pays for what how, and at what cost, personal, social and spiritual. Welcome to Bloggerville, Lenore!
Now, if we could just get Rick Cohen of National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy, or Steve Johnson of TPI, to blog. What a lively time we could have.
Thanks, Phil!
Posted by: Lenore Ealy | May 03, 2004 at 01:08 AM
Look forward to your settling my hash. Much needed. Bloggers have rightly been described as "an echo chamber." We tend to clump into groups, talk only to those who agree, and to recycle the same themese. Maybe that is symptomatic of public discourse, including the think tanks, pundits and pols, but it would be nice to do better.
Posted by: Phil | May 03, 2004 at 08:37 AM