YOU MAY have noticed from my last post that for my personal giving that I am not restricting my donations to PAZ-related causes. That's because there's a whole lot of sufferin' in this world (besides succotash) that isn't caused by zoonotic disease. Moreover, happy things--like your local orchestra and library --need help, too. Today's recipient of my Tikkun Olam Fund is Families for Depression Awareness. Depression is the leading cause of suicide. It causes a pain that le

Time to fork it over. I'm giving to a few different causes here at the end of the year, but for all of the rest of you, I’m going to make this easy. You should give to PAZ (Pan American Zoonotic Research and Prevention). While everyone else is telling you to give locally, I’m going to ask you to give to people you will never see and suffer from diseases that you will (ideally) never know. The world is full of charities that are emblazoned with pink, covered in ice water, have