Science and ReligionJoe Biden announced a week before he became president that he was keeping Francis Collins as director of the National Institute of Health…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Liberty’s legal enablersAlmost three years ago, Salen Churi and Brian Tochman were at a Koch brothers private retreat for donors when they announced they were…Sep 20, 2020Sep 20, 2020
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Published inThe StartupComscore’s data dealsRenaissance Technologies, the Long Island hedge fund where Robert Mercer made billions of dollars innovating algorithmic trades, has owned…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
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Chicago’s HollywoodBefore Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with Trump at the White House in October 2017, he spent the weekend in Chicago.Aug 31, 2019Aug 31, 2019
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