THE POWER OF OLD MEDIA
Since Dan Henniger wrote about Spirit of America in the WSJ and talked about them on PBS, they've raised $764,408 from 4,088 donors. Jim Hake writes:
Most of these funds are earmarked for the request made by the Marines for equipment needed to establish Iraqi-owned television stations in Al Anbar Province Iraq (described here). Our initial goal for this request was $100,000. The Marines are as stunned as I am. I'll remove the expletives of joyful surprise and forward some of their comments to you next week. They are also developing ideas for the expansion of this initiative. More on that soon.
There's lots more info on the SoA blog, including copies of Dan Henninger's articles and commentary. The TV project is its most ambitious undertaking, but SoA has a number of less sexy but equally worthy projects that deserve support.