I’m proud of this story because it did something none of the hundreds of stories written about this episode even attempted, which is deconstruct the role parent company United Technologies played in the threat to the factory. Trump was really a secondary player.
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Enemies of the People
Where did you look to learn what happened on 9/11?
Do College Football Refs Have It In For Your Team?
Of course they do! A business professor from Miami University used reams of data to ask this question, and came up with some unexpected answers.
The Fake Factory That Pumped Out Real Money
My biggest regret about this story was that we didn’t get a chance to talk to the perpetrator of this hilarious fraud in the byzantine business of biofuels. I just wanted to ask: What the hell were you thinking, man?
For $725 Million, a Texas Ranch the Size of a Nation
A classic tale of family heirs who lost the family jewel because they couldn’t bridge personal and other differences. I spent several hours at the ranch and saw only about ten percent of it.