We Can't Rely on the Kindness of Billionaires - washingtonpost.com

We Can't Rely on the Kindness of Billionaires - washingtonpost.com: "OH, THAT'S RICH We Can't Rely on the Kindness of Billionaires By David Nasaw Sunday, September 23, 2007; Page B03 'Giving,' Bill Clinton's folksy first-person tour of worthy causes and the good people who support them, is so relentlessly upbeat that only the most churlish professor would say a discouraging word about the book. But the former president is so intent on celebrating 21st-century philanthropy -- and highlighting his and Hillary's role in promoting 'the explosion of private citizens doing public good' -- that he blithely ignores a hard reality: Philanthropy and democracy don't get along nearly as seamlessly as 'Giving' would have us believe."