by David Brooks | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
In an entertaining but essentially meaningless bit of data mapping, a couple of folks at The Pudding, an online publication that looks at culture via visual data, assembled a map showing the “most Wikipedia-ed” person throughout the U.S. (here’s the...
by David Brooks | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire has lot fretted about a shortage of births producing a “silver tsunami” of old folks that will cripple the economy, shutter our colleges and produce an over-supply of Denny’s restaurants. Most of us know that is true throughout New...
by David Brooks | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
It took 10 months to get it done, but the Granite State is now officially a Geeky State: The latest New Hampshire Historical Highway Marker, celebrating the creation of the BASIC computer language at Dartmouth in 1964, has officially been installed. Everybody who has...
by David Brooks | Jun 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
People think of the New Hampshire State House as a bastion of democracy and a glorious symbol of our granite-willed independence, but here’s another way to think of it: A really old office building with some really weird wiring. The building celebrated its 200th...
by David Brooks | Jun 10, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: The University of New Hampshire has launched a new center focused on the science of sound. The Center for Acoustics Research and Education (CARE) will bring together expertise across wide-ranging disciplines and provide acoustics research,...
by David Brooks | May 31, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m out of town most of this week, so I won’t be putting much on the blog and newsletter – so you can squander more of your time with other online frivolity! But just in case you’re bored, here’s a tweaked version of a column I wrote last...
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