West Virginia

RICHMOND, Va., June 2, 2009, The Associated Press — Free health clinics in 14 states are getting financial help from Dominion Resources Inc.

There I was, my usual nose-to-the-grindstone self, hunkered down in my office, doggedly reading through editorial copy for the November issue of FS … when what should pop into my inbox but the latest edition of The Agitator, Roger Craver and Tom Belford’s educational, engaging and often rabble-rousing blog about all things fundraising. The latest entry was titled “Someone we know has been nominated for President.” I didn’t actually read the whole post, blinded as I was by the fleeting yet overwhelming hope that America finally had come up with a viable third-party candidate. And even better, it was someone I knew! As my