David Koch

Protesters oppose possible sale of The Baltimore Sun to Koch brothers

2013-05-21 15:31:00

Ten protesters gathered Tuesday morning in front of The Baltimore Sun's office on North Calvert Street, rallying against a possible sale of the newspaper to Koch Industries. Headed by brothers David H. Koch and Charles G. Koch, the private company has...

Cathedral of the Incarnation group walks three miles on Palm Sunday

2013-03-24 15:08:00

The 10th annual Blessing of the City was the first for the Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation. But the University Parkway church made its presence known in a memorable debut on Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians....

The billionaires' long game

2012-12-26 09:53:00

What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...

Paul Ryan's billionaire populism

2012-08-22 03:00:00

Last Friday, Paul Ryan, the presumptive Republican vice presidential nominee, made the most populist speech of this campaign season. "It's the people who are politically connected, it's the people who have access to Washington that get the breaks," he...

Hopkins scientists scrambled to save work after Sandy

2012-11-18 00:00:00

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University slogged through thigh-deep water to rescue tissue samples and evacuate lab animals when a flood crippled a cancer research building after Hurricane Sandy last month. "It was really an extraordinary...

The other, more dangerous, cliffs

2012-12-12 00:00:00

The "fiscal cliff" isn't nearly the biggest cliff we face -- if we're talking about dangerous precipices looming on the horizon. Here are three: The child poverty cliff. A staggering number of our children are impoverished. Between 2007 and 2011, the...

Do the Koch brothers still not believe in climate change, or do they just not care?

2012-08-06 03:00:00

Are two of the left's most useful villains, Charles and David Koch, not quite as unredeemable as liberals believe? Could it be they might change their minds about climate change and admit that it is real? Richard A. Muller, a physics professor at...

Star watch at the weekend's Fashion Week events

2012-09-09 13:56:00

Christiane Amanpour was spotted Friday by our own Hilary Phelps at Bar Boulud, a restaurant near Lincoln Center frequented by New York Fashion Week attendees. The veteran journo was eating soup and sipping on what appeared to be a pink grapefruit...

Campaign financing ought to top Occupy agenda

2011-11-18 04:30:00

I agree that Occupy Wall Street needs to grow up to become the true anti-tea party it should be ("Time to grow up," Nov. 17). It needs to copy the highly successful, and savvy David Koch political tactics of the tea party itself. It needs to organize...

Harris does nothing for the middle class

2011-04-18 00:00:00

Thank you to Dan Rodricks for his excellent assessment of Congressman Andy Harris ("The right's obsession with abortion," April 10). As a resident of Anne Arundel County, represented by Harris, I am appalled at how he has done nothing for his constituents...

Out-of-state spending likely swayed some state judge elections

2013-06-13 05:05:04

WASHINGTON Nonprofits and other interest groups spent more than $11.7 million in 10 high-profile state Supreme Court elections in 2012 and 2013, with more than a third of the money coming from outside state lines. Out-of-state influence likely helped...

Tribune's Peter Liguori Making Good on Vow to Beef Up TV Assets

2013-06-12 16:30:04

That was quick. Tribune Co.'s new topper Peter Liguori is making good on his vow to beef up the company's TV assets, particularly its WGN America cable channel. WGN America last week gave a 13-episode straight-to-series order to "Salem," a supernatural...

Philanthropist, political activist, chemical engineer and co-owner (with older brother Charles) of Koch Industries David Koch is also worth an estimated $34 billion.

2013-03-04 08:23:37

David Koch at the 'Food Allergy Ball 2003' held on December 2, 2003 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

2012-09-19 08:48:00

Actress Angelina Jolie arrives for the 3rd Annual Women in the World Summit at the David H. Koch Theater in New York. March 8, 2012

2012-03-09 08:39:52