March 4, 2016

• Energy Department scientists say they’ve reached the “holy grail” that may remake the electrical grid.
• Obama sent five men on a mission to find out if the NSA should collect metadata; their answer is no.
• To summarize the state of Republican politics: The front-runner assured America that his penis is huge.
• If anything, Romney helped the Donald with his tirade against Trump’s taxes.
• After bashing Trump for two hours, the GOP field promised to support him if he's the nominee.
• For what it's worth: So did Mike Ditka.
• Describing Hillary Clinton as the candidate of corporate America ignores her as the candidate of black America.
• There was something wonderful and symbolic about Justice Roberts losing almost complete control over the court’s indignant women.
• Celebrated Honduran activist murdered after successfully campaigning against World Bank support of a dam project.
• A federal "bill of rights" for sexual assault victims could ensure equality despite geography.
• Sixty percent of all private financial liabilities are explicitly or implicitly guaranteed by the government—up from less than 50% in 1999.
• Romantic partners are more important than parents in shaping college students' financial habits.
• Personal financial history in New York where rent is 30% of income.
• Sarah Hepola: Here is everything I learned from living in New York City.
• Houston—full of dangerous petrochemicals—remains a sitting duck for sizable hurricanes to come.
• Warren Buffett: If you're thinking only as a shareholder of a major insurer, climate change is not on your list of worries.
• The US may have as many would-be Bezoses as ever, but it’s getting fewer Amazons.
• Attending Silicon Valley High and running your mom's e-commerce business does not a mogul make.
• New SAT returns to a 1600-point scale, scraps vocab requirements, and should be fairer for all students.
• One of the biggest frauds in history is a purported psychic called Maria Duval who preys on seniors.
• Actually pretty interesting: ESPN ombudsman explains “Deflategate” response to the alleged football conspiracy.