Balloon Juice - 'unreason' says Salman Rushdie;
Eclectablog - Solyndra, believe it or not, worked;
Final Draft - the Freedom Fries crowd needs to STFU;
Friendly Atheist - political cowardice caused Charlie Hebdo;
PERRspectives - 14 things I learned about 2014;
blogenfreude blogs at stinque.com and has nothing but sympathy for the people of France.
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