by David Brooks | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Traffic through the state’s E-Zpass lanes rose very slightly last week after collapsing since the lockdowns began in March. It appears we’ve hit bottom as far as open roads goes.
by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following federal patents were assigned to in New Hampshire from April 12 to April 19. *** Allegro Microsystems Assigned Patent for Efficient Signal Path Diagnostics Allegro Microsystems, Manchester, New Hampshire, has been assigned a...
by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The first demographic breakdown of COVID-19 in New Hampshire was released by the state Department of Health and Human Services yesterday, and among other things it shows that positive COVID cases are being found at roughly the same rate in all age groups older than...
by David Brooks | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
From a personal-stress point of view, COVID-19 lockdowns are kind of like going to Mars, although the view isn’t quite as interesting. We don’t have cosmic radiation or microgravity to concern us while living in small spaces for weeks at a time, but we do have plenty...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Data-crunching by Jess Carson, a research assistant professor with the Vulnerable Families Research Program at the Carsey School of Public Policy., finds a correlation between lots of vacation homes and relatively high rates of COVID-19. Notice I said correlation, not...
by David Brooks | Apr 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m not a big fan of peak-bagging lists – climbing various places according to some arbitrary measure (prominence above 4,000 feet, every month of the year, etc.) but there’s no doubt that they are a spur for people to hit the hills. Too much of a...