There's a difference between not being in lock step with the party line and actively alienating donors--not just the Koch brothers. Lindsey and Wilkinson's work fell under the latter category: actively alienating donors by suggesting alliances with organizations and individuals that have been an anathema to Cato's core mission and principles.
(And in the case of Lindsey, check out his bio page at Cato--the guy had pretty much no scholarly output for the last 2+ years, which probably has more to do with his departure than some misguided, paranoid conspiracy theory in which Charles and David Koch are active participants in personnel decisions at the many organizations they contribute to).
There are MANY other Cato scholars whose work falls under the former. Julian Sanchez's and Jim Harper's work on data and privacy; Tim Lee's work on telecom and Internet policy; Tim Lynch's work on criminal justice and opposition to the drug war; Bob Levy's and Jeffry Miron's work in support of gay rights; Dan Griswold's work on trade and immigration; the entire foreign policy team: based on their output, it's pretty obvious that none of these guys worries for a second about what the Kochs--or other donors of a more conservative bent--think about what they're doing.
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There's a difference between not being in lock step with the party line and actively alienating donors--not just the Koch brothers. Lindsey and Wilkinson's work fell under the latter category: actively alienating donors by suggesting alliances with organizations and individuals that have been an anathema to Cato's core mission and principles.
(And in the case of Lindsey, check out his bio page at Cato--the guy had pretty much no scholarly output for the last 2+ years, which probably has more to do with his departure than some misguided, paranoid conspiracy theory in which Charles and David Koch are active participants in personnel decisions at the many organizations they contribute to).
There are MANY other Cato scholars whose work falls under the former. Julian Sanchez's and Jim Harper's work on data and privacy; Tim Lee's work on telecom and Internet policy; Tim Lynch's work on criminal justice and opposition to the drug war; Bob Levy's and Jeffry Miron's work in support of gay rights; Dan Griswold's work on trade and immigration; the entire foreign policy team: based on their output, it's pretty obvious that none of these guys worries for a second about what the Kochs--or other donors of a more conservative bent--think about what they're doing.