House Aides Fear Data Breach Suspects Are Blackmailers
Daily Caller
Congressional technology aides are baffled that data-theft allegations against four former House IT workers have largely been ignored, and they fear the integrity of sensitive information. Why are Democratic members of Congress displaying an intense loyalty toward the suspects? The baffled aides wonder if the suspects are blackmailing representatives based on the contents of their emails and files. Maxine Waters: 'Most Corrupt' to Resistance Hero
Daily Beast
Maxine Waters was labeled one of the nation's most corrupt officials by ethics watchdogs a few years back. Now Democrats seem to be embracing, and some liberal ethics advocates willfully ignoring, the emergence of the California congresswoman as a leading critic of ethical lapses in the Trump administration. Millennials Energy Misers? Think Again.
RealClearEnergy
Millennial car-driving and home-buying tendencies are trending in a different direction than energy demand theorists are predicting. That means forecasts of our future energy needs are likely lowball estimates. Why is America Trying to Rebuild the World's Prisons?
Buzzfeed
Even as the American criminal justice system struggles to deter crime and deal with overcrowded lockups, the State Department presses ahead with a 20-year-old program to teach foreign officials to run their jails more like U.S. prisons. Foreign prisons are simply one more battlefront in the war against extremism. Zimbabwe: Tobacco is Booming; Farmers Growing It Are Not
Associated Press
Tobacco is second most profitable product in Zimbabwe, after gold. But the farmers who grow it would hardly know it. They lose out in chaotic auctions where they sell their wares in credit-based transactions. Such is the reality of rural life in Zimbabwe, where cash is king. Florida: Roaches, Rats and Taxpayer Dollars
Miami Herald
In the impoverished Overtown neighborhood of Miami, a $15 million public renovation project is two years in and way behind schedule. Displaced residents are stuck in roach-infested apartments while officials and contractors all point fingers. Going Out for Lunch Is a Dying Tradition
Wall Street Journal
Falling grocery prices, rising restaurant prices and a time-crunched culture are adding up to one thing: a steady decline in the tradition of eating out for lunch. | 
