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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

JANUARY 31, 2015 bloombergview.com

DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin: "The long-awaited Syrian train-and-equip program that President Barack Obama sold to Congress as the way to keep American boots off the ground in Syria is finally about to start training its first troops." Read more... EDUCATION The Editors: "Philip Hanlon is trying to make Hanover, New Hampshire, a more sober place. The question is whether 'more sober' will also mean 'more safe' -- and, more broadly, how far colleges and universities can and should go to protect their students." Read more... 2016 ELECTIONS The Editors: Mitt Romney's announcement yesterday "was notable for its indirectness. ... Romney won't be retreating completely from the spotlight, however." Read more... Jonathan Bernstein: "Mitt Romney's presidential ambitions are finally over. By this point, it was no surprise he dropped out." Read more... Megan McArdle: "So Hillary Clinton is thinking about delaying the start of her presidential campaign until the summer, according to Politico's Mike Allen. As a strategic move, this makes sense to me." Read more... COMPANIES Justin Fox: "The quarterly earnings-conference call has become so ubiquitous that we barely notice how weird it is. ... A decade of academic accounting research shows that there is information in the calls, if you look hard enough." Read more... LATIN AMERICA Mac Margolis: "Venezuela is on its way to becoming Latin America's reigning narcocracy." Read more... RUSSIA Leonid Bershidsky: Russia's central bank lowered its key interest rate from 17 percent to 15 percent yesterday "in a move few had predicted, causing the ruble to dip. This sequence of events shows the Kremlin still sees devaluation as its best friend and is eager to help banks and companies weather the crisis." Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: "Josh Gordon, the National Football League's resident pariah, has written a powerful open letter to his critics, reminding us that despite their hugely public profiles, professional athletes are individuals about whom we might know little to nothing at all." Read more...