Interesting times

im slowly reading Noam Chomskys book The Precipice .very useful to see the sign of the times and the emergence of political authoritarianism reshaping global affairs,what Chomsky call the friendly fascists,Trumpocracy and the Me first doctrine.its hard to digest the expository text if the reader doesnt keep in touch with current affairs.But it sees a big cut in funding not only for the arts and humanities but also scientific research except for if its military related research The budget cuts not only medical research but also research on climate change.The science deniers are gleeful to demolish the hetesies of the modern world.The House science commitee is now a tool to advance political agenda rather than a forum to examine important issues facing the US research community.Their brilliant solution is to use legislation to declare scientific results as illegal if it contradicts the political narrative of the House.