Interesting Reads

• The Economix blog of the New York Times on the problems with both "trickle-down" and "trickle-up" economics. (Hint: in balance, the money stays where it's accrued.)
• Boing Boing with a story of cow-related fatalities and how it reflects on the way we assess risk. (Why are we afraid of sharks and air travel, when cows and driving your car are clearly so much more dangerous?)
• Xeni Jardin, a blogger under treatment for breast cancer on science-based cancer treatment versus quackery.