by David Brooks | Mar 12, 2026 | Newsletter
Northern Woodland Magazine has a great, detailed explanation of the debate going on right now around the Connecticut Lakes of northern New Hampshire about how to balance income from logging, which pays you to cut down trees, vs. income from carbon capture programs,...
by David Brooks | Mar 10, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
For 35 years the satirical Ig Nobel awards have been a geeks’ delight in the Cambridge, Mass. No longer. This year’s event is moving to Zurich, Switzerland, due to fear of rampant human rights abuse by ICE and its supporters. “During the past year, it has...
by David Brooks | Mar 9, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
One of the greatest information-sharing devices of the past century is about the disappear. But before I go into Boomer Lamentation Mode and bemoan the decline of modern society, there’s another side of the equation that I’ll address. The device in question is the...
by David Brooks | Mar 9, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
The Boston chapter of the Axios news network has a quickie piece about Boston lamentation that they don’t do as good a job removing snow as they do in Montreal. The article is here. There is some discussion about policy and technology, but the key point is this:...
by David Brooks | Mar 9, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Links to each patent can be found here, using the patent number or inventor’s name. By Targeted News Service WASHINGTON – The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire in the week through March 8. Ionospheric Delay Measurement for Reduced GPS Power...