It never fails. Every time the United Way is mentioned on my local newspaper's website, at least one person shows up to complain about how grossly overpaid their staff is.

Question.  What is the opposite of "Reading for pleasure"?  The answer is: "Homework".  What better way can

It's that time of year, and again The Leuekmia & Lymphoma Society is looking for volunteers to help put on our annual Light the Night walk!

At one of the nonprofits I worked at, it was a HUGE struggle to get my colleagues to print on double-sided paper. For regular use within the office, sure, but for board meetings?

I attended UCLA at the height of the Affirmative Action Program.  Let me explain to you how Affirmative Action worked back then.

I just came from a marketing research group for a new Starbucks product. To quote one of the ladies at the table, "There's something classy about walking into a room holding a Starbucks cup...like Mary Kate and Ashley" Really? Holding a paper cup destined for landfill with a Starbucks logo on it makes you feel superior to others? I wonder if others feel her superiority when she's armed with her cup.

Is our failure to act based in a covert belief that White life is more valuable than Black life?

Update: July 31, 2008

We live in a ranch house a la 1973 but we like natural, modern, sleek, industrial. The floor was peeling, we wanted to personize the look, the house was in need of some attention.

“When people ask if you’ve failed on a test, you know they’re asking if you’ve gotten a B (Asian fail) or a D (white fail),” says Yoona Lee, 17. 

I have to go somewhere that is 7 miles from my house.