Mr. Harrigan was removed amid complaints that he had used his position as a big institutional investor to advance causes favorable to organized labor.
Among those speaking out to advance causes are George Soros, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, Warren E. Buffett, Jeff Skoll and Bill Gates.
She also sits on the board of her father's Clinton Foundation, crisscrossing the globe to mingle world leaders and advance causes the family supports.
Since we live in a celebrity-obsessed culture, they figure quite rightly that they might as well use their public leverage to advance causes in which they believe, no matter what the consequences.
If atheists are able to organize politically, we'll find areas of broad agreement on which we can cooperate to advance causes that most of us value, even without a hierarchical authority handing out marching orders.
In December 2007, Mr. Torricelli transferred the funds from his campaign account to the Rosemont Foundation, a nonprofit group he started last year to advance causes like cancer research and open-space preservation, his spokesman said.
