0 0 The U.S. economy can handle higher interest rates (Washington Times – Peter Morici) *Lead Story* Rand Paul: “Opening up Cuba is probably a good idea” (Hot Air – Ed Morrissey) *Must Read* Here Is What The UVA Student Behind The Rolling Stone Article Wrote About A Friend She Had A Crush On (Daily Caller – Chuck Ross) Big Labor Uses Wage Laws to Boost Numbers (Washington Free Beacon – Bill McMorris) Rep. Ed Royce: Freeze NK Accounts for Attack on Sony (Newsmax – Drew Mackenize) Pure Horror: One ISIS Fighter Reportedly Killed 150 Women and Girls (Townhall – Daniel Doherty) Harvard to Stop Buying SodaStream Machines Because They’re a ‘Microaggression’ (National Review – Katherine Timpf) California AG demands conservative group’s donor lists (Human Events – Steven Greenhut) How Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation Is Messing Up That Thing Where You Surf Zero-APR Credit Cards This Christmas (Forbes – Clyde Wayne Crews Jr) Vermont drops plan to enact single-payer healthcare system (Washington Examiner – Kelly Cohen) *Must Read* Global Solar Trade War Flares Up (American Interest – Jamie Horgan) FCC Rejects Petition to Deny License to ‘Redskins’ Station (Breitbart – Kerry Picket) On the left’s dream of turning America into Scandinavia (AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis) ND misses chance to avoid possible oil tax disaster (Watchdog – Rob Port) Peru: ‘We All Face Threat That Greenpeace Could Attack Any of Humanity’s Historical Heritage’ (CNS News – Barbara Hollingsworth) Cuba’s Berlin Wall Moment (Daily Reckoning – Peter Coyne) Judge Orders Former Gun Store Owner to Hand Over His Facebook Password. Guess What Happened When He Didn’t Do It. (The Blaze – Jon Street) Michigan Student Fired, Apartment Vandalized For Article Mocking Political Correctness (NewsBusters – Connor Williams) ‘Your Eyes Are Kind of Messed-Up Looking,’ Says Cop Interrogating Girlfriend of Man Wrongly Killed By Cops (Reason – Robby Soave) Is Anti-Fracking Movement Paid For By Putin’s Russia? (Investor’s Business Daily – Merrill Matthews)