Andrew Sullivan, who writes the "Daily Dish" blog for the Atlantic Magazine website, is worth reading. Not for his angst-filled musings on current events, but for pure entertainment. Since 2008, Sullivan's work has gradually degenerated into self-parody. Consider his numerous posts questioning...
Money from the technology industry has also started to change the face of charity.Benjamin Soskis writes about the history and ideas behind charity in America.His articles have appeared in The Atlantic magazine and a number of major publications.He says,traditionally,donors have given after they ...
Despite having such extensive experience within the entertainment industry, Will Smith's influence extends beyond it. He is known for philanthropic efforts which include contributions towards education causes and disaster relief funds. Additionally, he played key roles behind-the-scenes advocating diversity...
True to form, toll-road companies and “infrastructure funds” would compete to operate and maintain stretches of the British toll network. In one version of this scheme, the British government would pay for upkeep through a system of “shadow” tolls. A more radical and less politically accept...
who chipped in additional funds. With this financing Facebook was valued at over $500 million, five times the amount when Accel first invested. Greylock, founded in 1965, traces its roots to founders Bill Elfers and Dan Gregory, who both worked at the country's first institutional venture ca...
Unfortunately, the ruling class, intellectual elite of this increasingly bedraggled nation have been overimpressed for decades with Hah-vaard and other enormous hedge funds with a finishing school of storied history attached, so willy-nilly, we must pay attention to the place. Apparently, MS Gay ...
It was investigated for failure to file tax returns and mismanagement of funds; a high proportion of its money went to travel and administrative expense. The New York Times reported that much of the money raised by the organization in the Hope for Haiti Now telethon was retained by Jean for...
One of the unnamed officials told the Atlantic that, upon finding Greenwalt’s email following Pruitt’s interview, senior political appointees panicked. “It’s an ‘oh, shit’ moment that they’re trying to figure out before the IG finds the email,” the source told the maga...
But, in common with the other Mitford children, she was highly intelligent, and, in the 1930s, she began writing. Magazine columns and a few unsuccessful novels followed. Success finally arrived after the war with four novels that satirized the misadventures of an upper-class British family. ...
His Aug 2001 decision to deny federal funds to research on new embryonic stem cell lines put moral and ethical debates center stage and spurred international competition. Rita Colwell. Former president of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and former director of the US National Science...