Despite gloomy forecasts, the superrich continue to spend. Earlier this month I wrote about the change in Seattle's culture of consumption--but conspicuous spending is nothing new in New York. However...
It's the one question in my brief, unremarkable career as a pseudo-journalist that I've ached to ask, and the tempest over question screening at this afternoon's University of Washington convocation...
Guess what best-selling author wrote this: "Almost everyone – regardless of income, available time, age, and skills – can do something useful for others and, in the process, strengthen the fabric of...
The Dalai Lama receives a Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 from President Bush while Sen. Robert Byrd and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look on. (White House)
