I don't see why they can't contribute, but this is unethical!

In August 2004, New York Times ethics columnist Randy Cohen donated to MoveOn.org, which conducted get-out-the-vote drives to defeat President Bush.

Cohen said he thought of MoveOn.org as nonpartisan.

Nonpartisan!! I take "nonpartisan" to mean not partisan; but he's apparently deciding it means free from party affiliation. I wonder how he'd answer the question if it were a question of someone contributing to a group opposed to his causes. Maybe that would make it unethical. And of course practically everyone on the list contributed to Democrats or their causes. Although it's interesting to see that Stephen Hunter contributed to the Republicans.