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December 18, 2014
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1
By breaking with the Cuba lobby, President Obama could massively disrupt American interest group politics.
by Noah Feldman in the Salt Lake Tribune
2
Sony can take a stand against the hackers whose threats have forced them to pull “The Interview” by giving the movie away online.
by Bryan Bishop in the Verge
3
Could the West help save the ruble without throwing Putin a lifeline?
by Juliet Johnson in the Globe and Mail
4
By tracking rising global temperatures, satellites can predict cholera risk.
by Kiki Sanford in BoingBoing
5
After the Taliban’s shocking attack on a school in Pakistan, the military there understands “the Frankenstein that it helped to create must now be killed.”
by Peter Bergen at CNN

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