I believe in financial responsibility in several ways, one of which is giving funds to endeavors that benefit others. One area I evaluate my giving as being poorer than I want it to be is international giving. Someone mentioned World Vision as an international agency and, after checking it on Charity Navigator (Philanthropy.com’s article about CN’s evaluation methods), I can understand the concern some folks have about the salary of World Vision’s president. There are valid evaluations and arguments for either viewpoint (he should/should not earn that salary working for a non-profit/NGO) but regardless of those comments I’m still considering whether to utilize that agency as a method to give internationally.
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Altruism, Charity, Charity Navigator, Faith, International, Oxfam International, Philanthropy, Values, World Vision
I’ve not blogged much the last week or so but I’ve been reading; I wish I engaged more material faster as often the dearth of my posts is due to my feeling that I’ve not engaged enough material from different viewpoints.
For BestLawTalks lately I’ve been reading Antonin Scalia’s A Matter of Interpretation. I started Stephen Breyer’s Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution but I’d have to say that I fall far closer to Scalia’s viewpoint of textualism and questioning the Twentieth Century application of “due process.” On the topic of due process and common law I’m still reading Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr’s The Common Law.
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Antonin Scalia, Austrian School, Due Process, Economics, Keynes, Keynesian, Ludwig von Mises, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Stephen Breyer, The Common Law
I’ve been eyeing an Amazon Kindle for several months now and recently discussed purchasing a duplexing laser printer with some friends. One pointed out that if the bulk of single-side prints was the impetus for my purchase then perhaps I should revisit the Kindle for about the same price. Great idea.
My Kindle 2.0 will be here next week (chick’s hand not included).
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Amazon, Books, Gadget, Kindle, reading, Toy
Ask anyone who knows me and you’re liable to hear comments that range from intelligent to funny to skeptical to neurotic to annoying to ass. It’s no surprise that each of us exhibits different, even seemingly contentious facets of our personality to others. Sometimes it’s the person or group with whom we’re interacting that have the most telling impact on how we present ourselves. Sometimes it’s how we perceive and choose to deal with circumstances in our lives at the time.
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When you’re a kid you just never know certain things; it’s part of the job. Growing into a man, you hopefully learn. Here are some of the things I never would have expected about being a Dad.
- Getting out of bed without waking children is easier than I would have guessed
- Getting out of bed without waking a pregnant wife is much trickier
- There is an art to closing a door slowly and quietly so that it doesn’t wake a toddler
- Houses make sounds
- If you stay awake after the kids go to sleep and the shock waves die down, you’ll get used to the house sounds
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