Assuming there isn't much new other than my role in the community of science scholarship, I'll attempt a descriptive of the internal dialogue within the scientific community. Here as of December 2016 it's as if scientist are being asked to focus on science and not fear or politics. The unfotunate reality, is the trans-disciplinary world in which we live in. One needs only survey the history of the Sigma Xi Society to note the interconnections amongst disciplines that have buttressed humanity from "war against all" during and through war. Sadly, it's as if today, the imperative focus for scientist equates that the scientist of tomorrow are being asked ...