by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
There is a push to make governments design and implement programs which are objectively testable, and then to test them when deciding whether to continue. This is, of course, the basic approach of science. So it’s seems a good idea to expand it to government. I...
by David Brooks | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
The web comic Ph.D. has made fun of graduate-student life for many decades and even produced two short movies based on long-running characters. It’s a fun comic, well worth following – check it out here. Every now and then, it provides some insight into...
by David Brooks | Sep 27, 2015 | Blog
“Biologists say that for the first time in decades, they are hearing from Bangor-area fishermen trying to figure out the best way to catch shad, the largest type of herring known for its savory meat.” That a telling sentence in this Portland Press-Herald...
by David Brooks | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog
Concord Patch, one of the few functioning chapters left from that noble effort to create a national network of local news outlets, has posted an item with pictures from some people who say they saw a UFO over Concord. It’s the classic “I don’t know...
by David Brooks | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog
Really interesting piece on NHPR today about one orchard’s reshaping of apple trees to improve harvest per acre, and also make things easier for the harvest to be partly mechanized. (Read or listen to the whole thing here – it’s worth clicking...
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