Eight things I read this week in the Wall Street Journal and found worth Sharing. I have a lot of interests, these are some. Good reading

1 The fearlessness of the Kurdish Women fighting against ISIS... Inspiring Warriors with the spirit of Deborah. http://online.wsj.com/articles/kurdish-women-fight-on-front-line-against-islamic-state-1413580188
2 Who Do They Think We Are? The administration’s Ebola evasions reveal its disdain for the American people. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2014/10/17/who_do_they_think_we_are_343628.html

3 Quarantine,’ a Byword in Ebola Crisis, Has a Medieval Source - The 40-day period that gave ‘quarantine’ its name may have had Biblical sources.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/quarantine-a-byword-in-ebola-crisis-has-a-medieval-source-1413563500?KEYWORDS=ben+zimmer
4 Conspiracy Theorists Need to Shape Up - Joe Queenan is alarmed at the decline in the quality of conspiracy theories—but at least one theorist gives him hope.
People who are buying into every conspiracy really need a tune up
http://online.wsj.com/articles/conspiracy-theorists-need-to-shape-up-1413477112?KEYWORDS=joe+queenan
5 About That CEO/Employee Pay Gap- The average chief executive makes $178,400—about five times the average worker, not the 331-to-1 commonly cited. I wish it were, I was never paid as CEO more than 5X
http://online.wsj.com/articles/mark-perry-and-michael-saltsman-about-that-ceo-employee-pay-gap-1413150999?KEYWORDS=ceo+employee+pay+gap
7 A Year of Living on the Brink--- Ebola, ISIS, Ukraine, a stock-market wipeout—there’s nowhere to hide.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/dan-henninger-a-year-of-living-on-the-brink-1413414887?KEYWORDS=henninger
8 The Self-Inflicted U.S. Brain Drain-- Up to 1.5 million skilled workers are stuck in immigration limbo. Many give up and go home.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/michael-s-malone-the-self-inflicted-u-s-brain-drain-1413414239?KEYWORDS=michael+malone

Kurdish Women Fight on Front-Line Against Islamic State

A third of Kurdish fighters in the besieged city of Kobani are women, defying Mideast attitudes and altering Kurdish society.

online.wsj.com|By Ayla Albayrak in Suruc,Turkey and Margaret Coker in Kirkuk, Iraq