Open Letter from NAS Members to U.S. Senators and Representatives urging support for science

In a victory of optimism over experience, I continue to sign a small fraction of the open letters that come my way.  Also, it's good to exercise Americans' right to petition the government for the redress of grievances.

Below is a link to a letter organized by Professor Walter Leal with well over 1,000 signatures from members of the National Academy of Sciences. (Organizing NAS members to petition the government isn't so easy, since it has to be done without the help of the NAS, which as a government-related organization is being quite cautious in these times.)

Letter to Congress Requesting Protection of Science Funding in the FY26 Budget

Or, if you prefer to hear the letter read out loud, that takes about three minutes on this YouTube video (which also shows the text, but not the signers).

 

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Here's another take on more or less the same subject, from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

 The Wrecking of American Research Federal policy made universities in the United States the envy of the world. One presidency could end that.
Broken Promise  By Karin Fischer

" as the United States approaches its 250th birthday, the country’s research edifice is in danger of collapse, battered by a wrecking ball known as the Trump administration."