by David Brooks | Nov 26, 2015 | Blog
(This story ran in Wednesday’s Monitor, but I couldn’t post it yesterday because of GraniteGeek’s web hosting problems) If you hope to unwrap a new drone for Christmas, be ready to register with the government – an idea that isn’t necessarily...
by David Brooks | Nov 24, 2015 | None, Science-Technology
Lawmakers may consider a bill next session that would prevent companies from requiring employees to get a flu shot, posing a potential problem for hospitals, which are graded by the federal government on this issue. “I’m not anti-vaccine,” said state Rep. John Burt, a...
by David Brooks | Nov 24, 2015 | None, Science-Technology
NHTI professor Nathan Strong knew that inviting a prominent opponent of vaccination to speak to a class about the science of vaccines would be a little controversial. That turned out to be a good prediction, as long as “a little” is translated as “very.” Maybe even...
by David Brooks | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
There is a saying that “demographics is destiny,” meaning that everything which human society does depends on the makeup of its population. If you’re a New Hampshire employer, you may want to read this story, which ran in Saturday’s Monitor:...
by David Brooks | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog
The telling part of the Wired.com story about Coinbase releasing a bitcoin debit card is this: Coinbase, the Silicon Valley startup that operates digital bitcoin wallets for over 2.8 million people across the globe, about 20 percent of the transactions on its network...
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