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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