So, questions still remain about the ability of the U.S. disaster relief system to handle a large-scale catastrophe.  What can we do?
(1) Develop a national disaster relief fund
With such a fund, private contributions for relief …

I’ve been silent on the blog for a few weeks due to paternity leave.
In my absence, events continued to raise questions about the capability of the U.S. disaster response system. There were criticisms of the …

As Hurricane Gustav approached this weekend, the president and both would-be presidents engaged in a bit of fund raising, mostly for the American Red Cross (ARC).  Barack Obama directly asked all those in his fund …

On Monday, the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program at the Aspen Institute released Mobilizing Change: 10 Nonprofit Policy Proposals to Strengthen U.S. Communities.  Full disclosure: I helped edit the paper and wrote much of the …