Charity Governance

WHERE IS ARCHIBALD COX WHEN YOU NEED HIM? ACLU OFFERS A LESSON IN HOW NOT TO MEMORALIZE BOARD MEETINGS

DATELINE: April 2, 2008, Chicago

The all-hearing Stephanie Strom is at it again. She reports in today's New York Times that ACLU national is in a dispute with its South Carolina affiliate over access to recordings that were made of ACLU national's February 23, 2008 executive committee meeting. A.C.L.U. and State Branch Spar, Apr. 2, 2008. At that meeting, the 14-member executive committee was discussing the takeover by national of the South Carolina chapter.

David F. Kennison, the South Carolina chapter's representative on the national board, was unable to attend the executive committee meeting due to...

ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY: THE FIRST OF WHAT ARE LIKELY TO BE MANY POSTS

DATELINE: October 18, 2007, Chicago

• Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
• Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew 5:10-12, as posted by an apparent Roberts supporter on a Tulsa World comment list.

Now the preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest.
But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide."

Bob Dylan, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again from Blonde on Blonde.

We aren’t yet sure what to make of the reports coming out of Oklahoma pertaining a lawsuit filed by three employees against Oral Roberts University (ORU) and President Richard Roberts, Provost Mark Lewandowski, Dean Wendy Shirk, and Associate Provost Jeff Ogle.  It seems Fall brings scandal to college campuses.  Remember all the commotion two years ago at American University? 

An internal report apparently/allegedly prepared by Stephanie Cantese, the sister of Roberts' wife, Lindsay Roberts, contains descriptions of lavish and what would seem to be inappropriate expenditures on personal items, together with what might be characterized as inuendo...