NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government.

The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.

Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.

So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.

In fact, NSF was the leading successful efforts to improve U.S. math and science education long before the Department of Education was even created.