by David Brooks | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
As we debate whether the COVID-19 pandemic is “over,” whatever that means, here’s a number to consider: Three and a half people each day. This is the number of excess deaths that have occurred in New Hampshire during the pandemic era. This counts all deaths, not just...
by David Brooks | Sep 21, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
As I’m sure you know, the late Ralph Baer of Manchester led the team that developed the first home video game while working at Sanders Associates in Nashua. That’s the state’s big moment in the video game arena, memorialized in a life-size statue of...
by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
We live in a capitalist society, for better or worse, so if we want something done we need to attach some money to it. One of the things we want done in the face of the climate emergency is to have our forests absorb and store as much carbon as possible while still...
by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The price hikes and supply crunches that have clobbered fuel supplies and raised prices throughout the world are starting to affect the one fuel we can call our own: Wood pellets. “There is quite a bit available right now but with the ongoing situation, there might be...
by David Brooks | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The first newspaper known to be printed by an enslaved person, the nation’s oldest school newspaper, and a newspaper printed on top of Mount Washington will soon be part of the digital Library of Congress as New Hampshire joins the project known as Chronicling...
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