Dear Bill, You lost the bet. Time to pay up! Sincerely yours, J. Richard Cohen
AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.16.2009 | Impact
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he was pressed by his advisers to attack Iran during the hostage crisis th...
Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
If you've followed Impact this week, you'll know that it's National Service Week, sponsored by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) and iPartic...
Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
As I looked over the crowd gathered to build houses for Habitat for Humanity, I saw the faces of about 100 Marines and sailors who had come out to help.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
In between practicing their footwork this week on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, Mya and her dance partner Dmitry headed over to Lynwood, Calif. to put...
Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.17.2009 | Impact
As the National League Championship Series heats up, friendly rivalries between cities are inevitable. The latest wager comes, however, not between ri...
ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green
If every building in the city had green roofs, the sewer system would probably be controlled and we could swim in the rivers, Costello said.
Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
Dave Levinthal at the Center for Responsive Politics reminds us this morning that nothing in Congress goes unlobbied. The Edward M. Kennedy Serve Amer...
Tom Gerdy | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living
The size of a donation is not always measured by the number of zeros to the right of the first number. Sometimes the size is measured by where it comes from and what it does for our hearts.
Lisa Daily | Posted 05.16.2009 | Style
There are a lot of decent, kind, available men over 40 who are single and looking for someone to love.
Cameron Sinclair | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics
Ok, now we are getting carried away. I checked twitter this morning to see a page full of cheeky agreement to Sen. Grassley's comments that AIG execut...
Dr. Brendan Murray | Posted 03.20.2009 | Living
We are in one of the most challenging times in our country's history. We need to rebuild! One of the best ways to rebuild is from the bottom up.
Reuters | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living
Millard Fuller, who founded the U.S. charity Habitat for Humanity, a pioneering organization that builds houses for low-income families around the wor...
Julie Fefferman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Living
The St. Bernard Community Center is just a few hundred meters from the main drag of New Orleans. Needy members from the community pace in front, waiting for the center to open.
Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.08.2009 | Living
Tonight, I've planned a birthday party with a twist: Instead of plying me with drinks 'til I'm wobbly, I've invited friends and colleagues to donate the equivalent sum to some of my favorite charities.
Tom Gerdy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Most of us have a few experiences each day that make us laugh or grin for a short period of time. If we are lucky, we may cross paths with something ...
Tom Gerdy | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
I am a building contractor in Lynchburg, Virginia. Almost 20 years ago, I was asked to donate some time using my carpentry abilities to help frame a ...
J. Richard Cohen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media