Why Fed Workers Out-Earn Private Sector: Benefits
RealClearInvestigations
While federal employees tend to receive lower salaries than their counterparts in the private sector, they enjoy far more generous benefits, meaning 17 percent more in total compensation. That averages out to $97,000 annually per person in wages and benefits as opposed to $68,141 a year in the private sector. Stealth Conservative Campaign to Win Influence on Campuses
Chronicle of Higher Education
To fight campus liberalism, a right-wing group is funneling thousands of dollars to student-government campaigns. Critics call Turning Point USA a "super PAC" for campus politics. The Disappearing Sixth Amendment
Reason
In many parts of the U.S., those who can't afford a lawyer must wait months to meet with a public defender. In Louisiana, where about 85 percent of criminal defendants qualify for a court-appointed attorney, 33 of the state's 42 public defender offices started turning away cases they said they no longer had the resources to handle. Why Do Gas Station Prices Constantly Change? Blame the Algorithm
Wall Street Journal
Retailers are using artificial-intelligence software to set optimal prices, testing textbook theories of competition. As they get better at predicting what competitors are charging and what consumers are willing to pay, there are signs they sometimes end up boosting prices together. Dismantle Bombs — or Die Trying. The Life of a Bomb Defuser in Iraq
Los Angeles Times
The life of an Iraqi bomb defuser is tense, sad and often short. Wissam Daoud has spent three years defusing and turning weapons back against the Islamic State. But he doesn't fear an instant death; rather, permanent injury from a sniper's bullet: "Better to die than to be injured. No one cares about you in Iraq when you are injured." 7,000 Bodies Could Be Buried on Ole Miss Med Campus
The Clarion-Ledger
Underground radar shows thousands of patients from the state's first mental institution are buried on 20 acres of the University of Mississippi Medical Center campus. Officials want to build there, but exhumation and reburial are expensive. So why not a cheaper alternative, a memorial center and lab for historical study of the remains? | 
