Casey A. Gollan: Notes + Links

If a charity is worth supporting, then it’s worth supporting with unrestricted funds. Because the last thing anybody wants to see in a couple of years’ time is an unseemly tussle over what happened to today’s Haiti donations, even as other international tragedies receive much less public attention.

Felix Salmon - Don’t give money to Haiti

Interesting and persuasive point made by Felix about doing your research about exactly how you are donating. As someone who almost immediately texted in $15 this freaked me out.

I know I should’ve done my research but I wish the fastest, easiest, and most publicized way to micro-donate was less dubious. Anyways, I still think the texting thing is brilliant and I’m of the opinion that anything helps.