Photo: April Saul, Philadelphia Inquirer The Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook, Pa  is the remnant of the oil       and shipbuilding empire built by the Pews, who handpicked candidates.

“Before the Koch brothers’ dollars lubricated today’s Republicans, there were Philadelphia’s Pew brothers, funding the party in its leanest years. They showed what political money could do –
and couldn’t.”


That’s the lead to Joseph N. DiStefano’s short but interesting history lesson in the Business pages of today’s Philadelphia Inquirer.  

You’ll find it at: Philly Deals: What election money can buy, and not


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