Morning Links

- Bret Stevens was at Davos and he offers his opinion on Easongate:

Mr. Jordan deserves some credit for retracting the substance of his remark, and some forgiveness for trying to weasel his way out of a bad situation of his own making. Whether CNN wants its news division led by a man who can't be trusted to sit on a panel and field softball questions is another matter.

Credit for backtracking and forgiveness because Eason is a weasel? Sorry that doesn't cut it for me.

- Peggy Noonan describes meeting the Pope (I could swear that I've read this same column before)

- Sam Spade at 75 - the stuff dreams are made of

- The headline tells the whole story - Fiorina Out, HP Stock Soars

- Peter Gammons has a new column up