Dear Colleagues, Nature has an editorial in this week's magazine titled "The gathering storm rages on", in reference to the National Academy report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm", which anniversary was being marked. Among their comments is the following observation: "... it is important for supporters of the competitiveness initiative to remember that they, too, have a responsibility, which is to keep on communicating to legislators and to the American public at large why America COMPETES is more than just a 'Full Employment For Physical Scientists Act'." You can read it online at: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v453/n7192/pdf/453133b.pdf Norman Graf