← December 18, 2014 → 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
