by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Stat, the medical publication started by the Boston Globe (although I think it’s independent now) has a depressing piece about why people flock to untested pseudo-cures: Because they haven’t been tested there aren’t any outliers or statistical...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2026 | Newsletter
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by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
It’s hard to remember after a winter that had snow on the ground for months and a recent stretch of damp weather, but all of New Hampshire is still in various states of drought and it’s time to start being a little cautious about outdoor fires. A look at...
by David Brooks | Apr 1, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
From Vermont Public (full story here): Vermont’s natural gas utility is teaming up with two local affordable housing developers to experiment with using geothermal energy to heat a new neighborhood in Hinesburg (a small town south of Burlington) without fossil fuels....
by David Brooks | Mar 31, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
If you think that cartooning is a silly little subset of life that has nothing to do with you, the new Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont has some news. “Anybody who uses a cell phone, a digital device, a computer, is far more literate in the combination of words and...
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