Billionaire Koch Heads Pony Up for the GOP

Billionaire Koch Heads Pony Up for the GOP

The Koch brothers — the GOP megadonors and fossil fuel magnates — live in their own special world, enshrouded in the fumes emanating from their family’s enormous stockpiles of wealth. Charles and David Koch have always felt very special, and they expect those of...
A Fracking Fortune Gets Political

A Fracking Fortune Gets Political

Televangelist James Robison recently declared that he’s praying for a merger of the tea party and the religious right. Is he kidding? That merger is well underway. And it’s getting a hefty push from a couple of billionaire brothers. No, not Charles and...
Koch Brothers Rev Up High-Octane Hypocrisy

Koch Brothers Rev Up High-Octane Hypocrisy

Hypothetical conundrums can provide valuable learning experiences for students of corporate management and ethics. Consider this one: Suppose you’re a corporate chieftain who’s a free-enterprise fundamentalist, despising government regulation, taxation,...
Occupying the Koch Brothers’ Lobby

Occupying the Koch Brothers’ Lobby

The gabillionaire Koch brothers feel entitled to occupy the people’s elections, barging in with sacks full of corporate cash. So, how would the brothers feel if the people barged into their political affairs? To find out, a few citizens recently paid a visit to...