In case people are missing the joke... Willian Proxmire was a Senator from Wisconsin who was strongly opposed to government spending on basic research. He gave

In case people are missing the joke... Willian Proxmire was a Senator from Wisconsin who was strongly opposed to government spending on basic research. He gave out "Golden Fleece" awards for studies that he thought were absurd. Unfortunately, it is very easy to make meaningful research sound ridiculous: bread mold as a cure for STDs? Pencil dust computers?