Stephan:   NASA Research into climate change looks like it is headed for a major gutting; another example of what it means to create fact-free public policy. Here's the story. Coming as it does along with the negative comments being made by the Trump Administration about the Paris Agreement it is looking increasingly probable that the U.S. is about to become a much less influential force in the world, probably replaced by China. And maybe that is what needs to happen.  About half the voters in this country think Trump makes sense, and perhaps they need to see what happens when you follow  policies like his. It must take a lot, Kansas voters don't seem to have learned their lesson yet. And that suggests it is going to be a very rocky road to the bottom. The sad irony is those who voted for Trump are going to be the most severely impacted.