Never has it been easier to anonymously do harm to people and the planet: environmentally or socially-damaging products can be purchased with the click of a button or tap of a screen from the comfort of our home, car, or […]
Things have been quite busy at work lately (lots of good stuff going on–I’ll provide an update soon!), which is why I am rather overdue in providing a race report on the Mt. Greylock Time Trial. The event was on Saturday, […]
My heart has grown docile, less inclined
to thrash about, to strain at the leash.
Maybe that’s the way it goes: We come
into the world like lava, we burn and blaze
and flow, and then cool into something solid
I’m going to present two data points and follow them up with an impertinent question: “Despite being only 13 precent of the overall U.S. population, 40 percent of those who are incarcerated are black.” (American Progress) “Among black males born […]
It took several years for us at Capital Good Fund to figure out our business model. After all, we started out by offering small business loans and loans to cover the cost of citizenship, and for the first two years […]
On July 26, 2014 I was sitting on the couch in my living room when I suddenly announced to my then future wife Bianca that I intended to bike at least an hour a day (or run 30 minutes when […]
I am angry and despondent. The world seems to be going to hell: blacks shot by police, a fascist with a chance to become President of the United States, myriad terrorist attacks, civil war in Syria, an attempted coup d’état, Brexit, […]
I never knew (how could I ever know?) What your heart did not conceal, but neither Would reveal, like clouds weighted with cold snow; And when you left, you left a believer In what might have been, a dreamer spurned And jolted […]
As we move closer to the November presidential election Donald Trump’s comments are becoming more and more outlandish, irrational, and dangerous. I therefore am calling on all rational people to do everything they can to stop this demagogue in his tracks.
The shooting in Orlando has exposed a deep and underlying ugliness in America, one that is defined by partisanship, hatred, racism, and intolerance. Unfortunately, no political party has a monopoly on purity, and in this post I explore how the horrible massacre of 50 people in a night club speaks to a much bigger problem. I’m too much in shock and sadness to come to any conclusions, so don’t expect that from this post. View it instead as a rambling meditation on the present state of affairs.
I am the Founder & CEO of Capital Good Fund, a nonprofit social venture seeking to tackle poverty through financial services. I am also a writer, poet, cyclist, and avid reader. Enjoy my blog!