by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I’ve long been fascinated by culverts, those zillions of pipes that carry small waterways under roads – writing about them (e.g., here) so much that one editor at the Monitor makes jokes about my passion. Culverts interesting because they’re a...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The day has long gone when “building unveils solar array” is much in the way of news – but I’ll make an exception for Dover High School, which installed a rooftop array so big that it increases the state’s (admittedly small) solar...
by David Brooks | Aug 26, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
There are certain rituals which signal the coming end of New Hampshire’s summer, and one of them is showing up at the end of tree branches all over the place. “Drive down any street and you’ll see them,” said Kevin Clough, owner of K. Clough Landscaping & Design...
by David Brooks | Aug 24, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
You know how the “silver tsunami” is going to devastate our economy? Maybe not, says this article in Technology Review from MIT: Her guess is that productivity has fallen as the population ages because the most skilled and experienced people have...
by David Brooks | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
The Farmhouse Cafe in Dunbarton has lots of cute little things to look at, like many such eateries. One of them is this counter bell covered with little painted sayings. I was stunned to see, however, that they’re mathy sayings! Including the quadratic...
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