by David Brooks | Mar 31, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
If you heard this story on NHPR this morning (March 31), this is the story they used: The joy and pageantry of weddings hasn’t changed much in the past generation but the age of the people walking down the aisle sure has. Consider this: In 1995, five percent of New...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
NHPR reports that New Hampshire’s Royal Flush, also known as the “poop boat,” which provided a roving pump out service for boaters’ sewage tanks, won’t happen this year because Republican legislators cut back on useful government services so that a...
by David Brooks | Mar 30, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
A report released by the Union of Concerned Scientists in February, found that offshore wind energy could have significantly lowered the risk of a blackout in the New England winter season. It analyzed two projects — Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts and Revolution Wind...
by David Brooks | Mar 29, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
What does it mean that electricity prices in New England are sometimes negative? ISO-NE has an explainer, here. A key point, not obvious to us outsiders: Negative prices haven’t had a dramatic effect on overall wholesale electricity costs. They occur primarily in the...
by David Brooks | Mar 26, 2026 | Blog, Newsletter
Polls that ask people’s opinion on big, sweeping issues that they haven’t much about – I regard them with great suspicion. Our response to the artificial constraints of a poll don’t always reflect our actual thinking or actions. With that...
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