Merry Monday! Science links first:
Don't Bury the Next Generation of Researchers Under Billions in NIH Funding
A Very Optimistic Genetics Paper
Darwin, Atheism, and the Catholic Church
Spoiled: Organic and Local Is So 2008
Other:
Republicans are Failing their Constituents
The Thin Line Between Socialism and Capitalist Nirvana
The casual, corrupting use of anonymity for political officials
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Thanks for the link!