by David Brooks | Mar 9, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The Monitor has been getting contacted for months by married women who had trouble getting REAL ID licenses because their marriage certificates don’t reflect that they took their husband’s name. Since REAL IDs will be required to board an airplane as of...
by David Brooks | Mar 7, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
This is the 50th anniversary of wild turkeys being reintroduced to New Hampshire after hunting and deforestation had wiped them out. New Hampshire Fish and Game’s magazine “Wildlife Journal” reprinted an article from 1969 that carried hopeful...
by David Brooks | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
If a fan of ranked-choice voting sat up all night to devise a scenario that would bolster their argument, they could hardly do better than the Super Tuesday Democratic primary in Maine and other states. It’s not just that ranked-choice voting is best when there are a...
by David Brooks | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Growing Procuce, an industry news site for “specialty crop growers”*, is very excited about research at UNH that uses tunnels and different varieties to greatly extend the berry-growing season in the Northeast. They more than doubled the annual yield of...
by David Brooks | Mar 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
An attempt to expand parental vaccine exemptions for kids was soundly defeated in Maine on Tuesday, with 74% rejecting the ballot initiative. From the Portland Press-Herald (story here): The “no” vote was widespread throughout Maine, winning big in the cities, small...
by David Brooks | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, Lifestyle
Supplies of commercial hand sanitizer are selling out in the face of the COVID virus. Fortunately, it’s pretty easy to make your own because they’re just alcohol, which kills viruses and bacteria, in a medium that lets you spread it on your hands. Here’s a recipe from...
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