Popovers are a little tricky to make, so when I want to bake them, there's only one cookbook I go to: Cook's Illustrated New Best Re...

It's a summer afternoon, and I'm reading the latest debate about narrow vs. systemic charitable interventions.  Scratching a mosqu...

As a young person, I was extremely struck by the realization that my choice to donate or not meant the difference between someone else’s liv...

It's been a while since I ran the numbers on how much Jeff and I give.  Recently we figured out what we gave in 2012: it was about half...

A classic “false economy” is when you get something cheap that turns out to cost more than you thought – a car that breaks down all the time...

Last week, my city erupted (literally and figuratively). Two bombs exploded, five people died in the bombings and subsequent shootings, and...

At first, I didn't realize I could just talk to anyone in this movement. I knew there were other people interested in effective altruis...