Links for you. Science:

There Is No ‘Healthy’ Microbiome (Ed Yong nails it)
A Duty of Care
Better Staffing Seen as Crucial to Ebola Treatment in Africa
Let Me Fix That For You, New York Times
The Near-Mythical Beast That Spread an All-Too-Real Disease

Other:

Thinking Aloud: Theodore Roosevelt 100 Years Ago (young’uns should read this; it’s short)
LIVE FREE AND DIE (very good)
Mary Landrieu’s “No Shit, Sherlock” Moment: Obama Unpopular in the South Because of Racism
FIFA Denies Women’s World Cup Players an Equal Playing Field—Literally
Tucson Pastor checked for Ebola at 2 AM because congregant had “Ebola Symptoms”
The Bridge: A Political Appreciation of Steve Nash
Job brokers steal wages and entrap Indian tech workers in US (puts all that shortage of skilled workers hooey in context)
New Study: NJ Charters Do NOT Serve As Many At-Risk, LEP, Special Ed Students
Economists Say We Should Tax The Rich At 90 Percent
Plain Speaking
Death in Bainbridge
Space Tourism Isn’t Worth Dying For