Good Koch/Bad Koch and The United States Of Koch

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[Note:  This item comes from friend Bob Frankston.  DLH]

From: “Bob Frankston” <Bob19-0501@bobf.frankston.com>
Subject: Good Koch/Bad Koch and The United States Of Koch
Date: October 6, 2013 at 7:09:54 AM PDT
To: dewayne@warpspeed.com

These two stories featuring the Koch brothers are very telling. At a personal level they are compassionate and interested in science as we see in their funding of not just research but day care at MIT.

<http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/10/03/new-mit-day-care-center-highlights-shift-toward-supporting-family/bxQJzJghz7VpNRUPNjnOFI/story.html>

I can speculate on reasons for their disconnect from the larger world – perhaps it is part of a morality play in which they can fund good research while not wanting to support the less worthy or?? 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a-federal-budget-crisis-months-in-the-planning.html>. Or, perhaps much simpler, funding day care for scientists benefits them directly – they are purchasing results.

It’s as if winning the lottery of life insulates oneself from the reality checks that drive science as a means of understanding. And, maybe more to the point, distances oneself from identifying with “them”.

This year old piece on WBUR provides some perspective <http://www.wbur.org/2012/07/03/koch-brothers>

Bob Frankston