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THE LATEST OPINIONS FROM BLOOMBERG VIEW

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 bloombergview.com

TERRORISM The Editors: "President Barack Obama is about to ask Congress to authorize a war he has been waging for six months. It's about time -- and Congress shouldn't waste any as it takes up the question." Read more... Josh Rogin: "Obama will soon give Congress his proposal for a new authorization for the use of military force against Islamic State fighters, and it will place strict limits on the types of U.S. ground forces that can be deployed, according to congressional sources." Read more... Maria LaMagna: "Islamic terrorists and their supporters worldwide have proved adept at using the press, Internet and social media to get out their message and attract recruits. Sporadic attempts by the U.S. and its allies to do the same have been far less successful. ... Can insults and snark succeed where more measured propaganda has failed?" Read more... UKRAINE CRISIS Leonid Bershidsky: A peace deal for Ukraine "may be close. The frantic military activity in eastern Ukraine may actually be evidence of that." Read more... HEALTH-CARE REFORM Francis Wilkinson: "Obamacare and its precursors (Kennedycare, Hillarycare, Romneycare) were rooted in a liberal moral vision -- that no one in so wealthy a nation should be denied health care because they lack the means to buy it. Many Americans accept that premise. Republicans have all but ceded the argument; they just don't like the redistributive consequences of it." Read more... COMPANIES Justin Fox: "It has been almost a week now since health insurer Anthem disclosed that hackers had gotten hold of data on 80 million of its customers. Which just means we're that much closer to the disclosure of the next giant data hack." Read more... BARACK OBAMA Jonathan Bernstein: "I love Kevin Drum's post on the latest Republican complaint about Barack Obama: that he influenced the Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality. Horrors! Oh, wait: What they're calling an abuse is the normal function of the presidency." Read more... U.S. ECONOMY Noah Smith: "All presidential candidates promise great economic performance if they're elected. ... In the case of Jeb Bush, pie-in-the-sky economic promises are more than the typical overconfidence." Read more... MEDIA Megan McArdle: "If you want to go into journalism, first answer this question: What is the revenue model? Don't think about the great journalism you want to do; think about who is going to pay for it." Read more... WORK Mark Gilbert: "Barclays plans to offer apprenticeships in banking to people 50 and older by the end of the year. That's a rational response to an aging workforce and the impact of demographics in developed economies, and one that more companies around the world will need to replicate."Read more... RELIGION Virginia Postrel: "The Crusades have gone from historical background to current controversy, as conservative critics have jumped on U.S. President Barack Obama's recent prayer-breakfast remarks comparing the brutality of medieval Crusaders with that of contemporary jihadi militants, including Islamic State." Read more...