by David Brooks | Apr 7, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I am constantly encountering maps online showing falling birth rates in countries around the world with alot of hand-writing about the consequences. And while there are consequences from resulting changes in society in some places – I’ve written about New...
by David Brooks | Apr 3, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
There’s no limit to vaccine idiocy in Washington or Concord these days. New Hampshire Bulletin reports that the House has decided they, not doctors, should decide what childhood vaccines are necessary because of, you know, freedom. The bill would forbid the...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve often wonders what happens to all that white plastic used to wrap round bales of hay – which can weigh up to a ton – stored in fields for winter sileage. Vermont is trying to recycle it, which is easier said than done, as the Valley New reports...
by David Brooks | Apr 2, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Timber tax is a pretty big deal in many New Hampshire towns, especially smaller ones in the rural areas. It’s basically a sales tax on trees that have been harvested – cut and sold for timber – and while it’s not a majority part of income for...
by David Brooks | Apr 1, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Compost is useful as fertilizer but it also generates heat, and heat can be useful. Therefore, compost can be doubly useful. That bit of reasoning has been in play at UNH’s Durham campus since 2013. At the university’s Organic Dairy Research Farm, compost manure...
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