Share the View 2: Say Goodbye to Eric Holder

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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 23, 2015 bloombergview.com

CONGRESS The Editors: "Now that they're back in Washington after a weeklong break, Senate Republicans should make their first order of business something they've been wanting to do for a long time anyway: saying goodbye to their least favorite member of President Barack Obama's cabinet, Attorney General Eric Holder." Read more... EUROPEAN ECONOMY Mohamed A. El-Erian: "Greece and the euro zone dodged another bullet Friday. After tense negotiations, they stumbled into an 11th-hour agreement -- at least in principle -- on a four-month extension of the external funding program supporting the country's reform and recovery. ... Rather than a decisive breakthrough, Friday's agreement was a small step in a drawn-out and complicated process." Read more... DECLASSIFIED Eli Lake: "Now would be a very good time for U.S. President Barack Obama to think about what happens after Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, is liberated from Islamic State." Read more... ENTERTAINMENT Leonid Bershidsky: "If last night's Oscars are any indication, Western audiences and critics are fascinated with eastern Europe. ... One can only hope Westerners don't limit themselves to the movies and delve deeper into the region's tangled past and often tragic present." Read more... LAW Noah Feldman: "Can New York City bar religious worship in its school buildings? This very basic question about the First Amendment has been hotly contested in the courts for years -- and the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce Monday whether it will take the case." Read more... EDUCATION Cass R. Sunstein: "The U.S. has a pressing need to increase the number of well-educated graduates in science, technology, engineering and math, pretty much everyone agrees. ... But why, exactly, aren't more girls focusing on math and science?" Read more... SCIENCE Mary Duenwald: "Not so many years ago, earthquake science was no more relevant to Oklahoma than marine biology. But these days the state is shaking way more often than California, and giving many people there an unwanted crash course in seismology." Read more... NEWS ROUNDUP Katie Benner (Read the news roundup) Apple's just-announced decision to build data centers in Europe touches on two hot-button issues facing the tech industry: taxes and privacy.Read more... Snapchat, an app seemingly made for naked-picture sharing, is telling teens not to share naked pictures: Read more... Apple is going head-to-head with Google for control of the car: Read more... Jonathan Bernstein (Read the news roundup) Josh Huder at Rule22 on the Department of Homeland Security funding battle, Congress and the presidency: Read more... Solid column from Ross Douthat at the New York Times on how to tell if Republican candidates are serious on policy: Read more... Xpostfactoid's Andrew Sprung on President Barack Obama's love of the U.S.: Read more... Barry Ritholtz (Read the news roundup) Dear Silicon Valley: Here's your wake-up call: Read more... Forget the tech bubble. It's the biotech bubble you should worry about:Read more... Marketing is dead, and loyalty killed it. Read more... MONEY STUFF Want Matt Levine's newsletter? Sign up...