by David Brooks | Jun 14, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The two-steps-forward-three-sideways-and-one-back journey of ranked-choice voting in Maine appears to have finally crossed the finish line: Voters in Tuesday’s primary approved keeping the system for the November election by a pretty hefty margin, roughly 54% to...
by David Brooks | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Over the years, I have written a few articles that have drawn reader criticism (and by “a few” I mean “more than a few”), but I’m not sure I’ve ever been chastised quite so elegantly as I was after last week’s column describing my homemade tick-killing tubes. “I am...
by David Brooks | Jun 12, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
We’d be right about there, according to a website called Ancient Earth globe. Look at plate-tectonic-shifted Africa and Europe. Plus: No icecaps, so the oceans were a lot higher. I learned about it in this article from Kottke.org.
by David Brooks | Jun 11, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
This is an edited report from Atlantic Salmon Federation, with my addition in bold: The number of North American wild Atlantic salmon dropped 15 per cent in 2017 compared to the year before, according to the Atlantic Salmon Federation’s annual State of the...
by David Brooks | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Liberty Utilities, one of the three major electric companies in New Hampshire, is asking for regulatory permission to subsidize at least 300 customers to install batteries in their homes as part of a grid-stabilization experiment. I’ve written about the proposal...
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