The speed with which the COVID-19 pandemic has completely upended and shut down ordinary life in America is both stunning and terrifying.
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The Danger of Corporate Social Responsibility
October 14, 2019
There are those who believe that corporations have but one purpose—to maximize profits. There are those who believe that business must be a force for good, using free-market principles primarily to serve people and the planet—also known as social enterprise.
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Questions On Nike, Colin Kaepernick, and Corporate Social Responsibility
September 9, 2018
I spend a lot thinking about whether or not for profit entities can be relied upon to be forces for social good, if they can be at all (see my post on impact investing, for instance). Thus Nike’s recent decision […]
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The Problem With Most Impact Investing
September 8, 2018
Imagine I told you that by switching your money from one investment vehicle to another—with the click of a button!—you could not only earn the same return on your investment with the same level of risk as before, but also […]
Perfection
August 4, 2018
I had thought I lacked for time
And spent my days frantic,
As though life were a web
And death a looming spider, his
Approach inexorable, his mouth
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How Much Can Be Done & Experienced In A Day?
March 26, 2017
Throughout my adult life I have, time and again, tried to answer the following question: how much could I accomplish, how much could I experience, were I to not waste so much time and instead discipline and channel my energy […]
Musings of a Young Mind About Poverty & Injustice
March 25, 2017
This is a prose-poem I wrote when I was in my early 20s (around 2005) after seeing the masterpiece documentary, Hoop Dreams: O me, o you, o world! I just watched a documentary called Hoop Dreams, and I watched the squalor, […]
Almost any debate about the need for improvements to America’s public education system, k-12 as well as community college and university, will include a comment along the lines of, “We need to do a better job of preparing our young […]
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We Cannot Afford To Make This the New Normal
November 10, 2016
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities becomes irrelevant. Wherever men or women are […]
House Shopping & Racism
October 23, 2016
I have really exciting news: Bianca just got her PhD (!!!) and a fantastic job in Cambridge (!!!). Given that her commute from Providence would take about two-and-a-half hours each way, we decided that it would make sense to buy […]