SHOPPING FOR SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES? "The federal government — as well as American society at large — now finds itself without an estimable, incorruptible, reliable source of advice on scientific, technological, and medical issues. How can Americans and American political institutions trust the veracity and integrity of future NAS assessments, on critical subjects ranging from air pollution to bioterrorism and national vaccine policy?" complains Henry I. Miller. Why should Miller be surprised? The use of government money to support artistic expression is censorship per se, the use of government money to support academic research is censorship per se, the use of government money to provide access to education is censorship per se. One might as well ask why water doesn't flow uphill.