Lydia Depillis The Washington Post

Heather Freeman has been a waitress at TGI Fridays in Pittsburgh for almost a decade now, and used to love working during the holidays. Big parties would come in, she says, and usually be generous with their tips. Even when the economy worsened and diners grew less magnanimous, there was the auto-gratuity, which allowed her to simply add an 18 perc...

On Saturday, a theory began circulating about why the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, attacked Paris: Since the Islamic State's drive to gain and hold territory in Syria has suffered setbacks lately, perhaps the group was lashing out to kill people far beyond its borders to compensate.

"Frankly when you look at job loss and lost leverage, automation and technology has probably contributed more than trade has to that problem."

Heather Freeman has been a waitress at TGI Fridays in Pittsburgh for almost a decade now, and used to love working during the holidays. Big parties would come in, she says, and usually be generous with their tips. Even when the economy worsened and diners grew less magnanimous, there was the auto-gratuity, which allowed her to simply add an 18 perc...

On Saturday, a theory began circulating about why the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, attacked Paris: Since the Islamic State's drive to gain and hold territory in Syria has suffered setbacks lately, perhaps the group was lashing out to kill people far beyond its borders to compensate.

"Frankly when you look at job loss and lost leverage, automation and technology has probably contributed more than trade has to that problem."