Friday Miscellany!

• So much for Rand Paul the conservative Dove: the Senator from Kentucky says he'd vote for airstrikes on ISIS in a heartbeat.


• UN confirms that Iran's nuclear program has stalled. Keep this in mind, kids.


• How could Ebola go from a regional epidemic to a worldwide epidemic? With a little bit of long-distance flight. Still not an "extinction event" despite the headline, but it the model demonstrates why we need to get this epidemic under control ASAP.


• scottbateman on whether you should go to college. And while a "Pay It Forward" program would take care of tuition, it does so at the cost of a 3-5 point tax increase. We've got to figure something else out.


• SC and I are going to the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle this weekend. See you there?