White House Move On Science Funding Sparks Backlash

A new White House move on science funding is drawing outrage from research leaders who say it politicizes the process. The dispute fits a familiar pattern in Washington - bureaucrats and political appointees deciding whose work gets backed and whose gets squeezed. Conservatives have every reason to be skeptical when federal power starts picking winners in the name of “public good.” Once again, the problem is not science itself but government control over it. Read more about this...