The NYT has a good piece on how the Trump administration’s funding assaults on higher-ed and medical research will probably impact Boston more than any other city in the country. The article gets a little carried away with lines like: “Boston is confronting a once-implausible question: Will its core identity survive?” … Ah, well, the answer is: yes. But it will be a diminished core, as the article makes clear. Here’s just one example of that diminishment, via the Globe: “‘This looks bad.’ A Harvard infectious disease researcher is targeted in Trump’s review.” …

And it’s not just Boston that’s going to suffer. The U.S. is going to lose a lot of its scientific edge and talent as a result of these very foolish, ignorant cuts. Think not? From NPR: “Other countries boost recruitment of American scientists amid cuts to scientific funding.” … As they say, follow the money. … Some are fighting the research cuts. But this SCOTUS ruling doesn’t bode well for such efforts.