- The new CEO of the California Girl Scouts entered nonprofit management after 25 years in a law firm. Her husband has an interesting post in his blog about the process she went through in deciding to make that switch. (Note: Her husband is the author of The No Asshole Rule, a great book about dealing with jerks in the workplace.)
- The Happiness Project: A blog chronicling Gretchen Rubin's efforts to test-drive every theory and study she can find on achieving happiness.
Here's an interesting article from The Washington Monthly on how young people are having to choose between doing good in the world and being able to support a middle class lifestyle--something that's particularly difficult to do in D.C.