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Letter to the editor: STEM shouldn't be a political issue

Letter to the editor: STEM shouldn't be a political issue

Given that scientific research and higher education are being so brutally defunded and persecuted, it should not be surprising that Moody's downgraded the U.S. credit rating ("Trump administration brushes off credit downgrade as 'lagging indicator,'" Web, May 18).

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