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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 26, 2015 bloombergview.com

IMMIGRATION The Editors: Julissa Arce, a Goldman Sachs employee and former undocumented immigrant, "personifies a lot about what makes America great -- and what's not so great about its immigration policy." Read more... DECLASSIFIED Josh Rogin and Eli Lake: "Caught between their party loyalty to President Barack Obama and the popularity of Israel in Congress, most Senate Democrats refuse to say whether they will attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress next week." Read more... RUSSIA Leonid Bershidsky: In a yet unpublished paper, two Ph.D. students at Cornell show how in Russia "insiders began selling stocks while outside observers, even sophisticated ones, were still struggling to accept the possibility of an armed Russian attack on Ukraine." Read more... CARS Ramesh Ponnuru: "Car dealers sometimes make discounts, at their discretion, on loans they help to arrange with financial companies. That's a pretty fundamental aspect of how they do business. Yet the federal government is trying to put a stop to it." Read more... LAW Noah Feldman: "Could the U.S. Supreme Court allow the Affordable Care Act to survive its latest legal challenge because the plaintiffs in the case before it haven't been injured by the law? It's possible. The more probable result is still that the court will reach a decision on the merits of the case and eliminate the insurance subsidies necessary to make the law work in many states." Read more... Feldman: How Dr. Seuss could save Obamacare: Read more... POLITICS Noah Smith: Is America the most exceptional country in the world? "Obviously, every national politician is expected to say there's something special and awesome about his or her country. In the U.S.'s case, however, there is plenty of reason to believe that it's true." Read more... Jonathan Bernstein: "How can we tell if Scott Walker's polling surge means anything? ... Anyone can get a bubble like this." Read more... SPORTS Kavitha A. Davidson: "The National Football League Players Association is playing politics in Wisconsin." Read more... ENTERTAINMENT Justin Fox: Musical theater isn't like apps or online ads. "You can't just A/B test and minimal-viable-product your way to success." Read more...