While Invisible Children's recent Kony 2012 video aimed to bring attention to Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony, who had abducted 30,000 children as child soldiers, the controversy surrounding the viral video also exposed serious problems about modern charity.

One hundred years ago, most charitable acts would take place in one's hometown or church congregation. There one would naturally have a greater understanding about the problem and the necessary solutions.

Every day for 40 days, Russell York woke up and wondered why he was here.

Then, he packed up his gear, got back on his bike and rode 100 more miles, one pedal stroke at a time.

?The Virginia Attorney General's office released a letter last week to explain Ken Cuccinelli's opinion that the state cannot fund private charities. Cuccinelli's January advisory opinion caused an uproar throughout the state when funding to several charity organizations was cut earlier this year.

The worst thing about being homeless, said John MacPherson, Executive Director of the Lamb Center in Fairfax, "is not being cold, it's not being hungry, it's not being dirty. It's being ignored."

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, concluded his three-year probe into the financial affairs of six prosperity gospel televangelists without handing down any penalties even though only two ministries fully cooperated with the investigation.

First you hear them coming: the squeak of rubber on linoleum, the squawk of excited voices in the hallway. Then comes the chaos of 40 elementary-school kids-yellow polo shirts and khaki pants in various states of disarray at this late hour-swarming the cafeteria. It's 6:30 p.m. and STEPdc's evening tutoring is about to begin. Children munch pizza and salad but keep an anxious eye to the door. "There's Miss Melissa!" A little girl's face bursts into a smile. Tutors in sartorial styles ranging from laborer to lawyerly file in, some with their ID badges dangling.

Willie Sutton, when asked why he robbed banks, responded, "Because that is where the money is." Fundraisers for Christian ministries have learned that successful Christian businesspeople represent one of the easiest ways to raise significant sums for their cause, because that is where the biggest gifts are. It is not that Christian businesspeople are more generous than other Christians; they just have a greater capacity to give.