My name is Nonprofit Curmudgeon, and I am an anonymous coward.

Anonymity sucks.

That's the official finding of Tom Belford of the Agitator. He's a guy that I respect deeply, and he's taken exception to anonymous blogs about charities, among other things.

I have my reasons for blogging anonymously, but if I explained them, I wouldn't be anonymous anymore, and...well, I have my reasons for blogging anonymously.

So, if you decide to go on reading my blog, please heed Belford's denunciation:

• Anonymity used to attack or manipulate springs from cowardice and/or malice.
• It is the antithesis of integrity.
• It is the enemy of authentic discourse.
• Whatever merit the message might hold.

And please don't say that nobody ever warned you about what a bad, bad lot I am.