by David Brooks | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The Gulf of Maine, the huge body of water that borders New England stretches, roughly bordered by Cape Code on the south and Nova Scotia on the north, is warming up fast – faster than almost any other part of the world’s oceans. Why? Geography of the land...
by David Brooks | Nov 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Fabiano Caruana, who is tied with world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in an attempt to be the first U.S. resident since Bobby Fischer to be No. 1 in the world, has a very slight New Hampshire connection: He gave his name to an adjustable-height chess desk that was...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire election officials’ opposition to people being allowed to make “ballot selfies” – taking photos of their completed ballot and posting them online – is rooted in a long-standing desire to keep our voting habits secret....
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The newest high-profile hire at New England College is carefully polite when asked whether his expertise, online gaming, faces any kind of generational divide. “There are always going to be critics – ‘Is this beneficial?’ ” asked Tyrelle Appleton, the 25-year-old MBA...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
As I have mentioned several times in this blog, I take daily measurements of precipitation at my house as part of the citizen-science group CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain Hail Snow network). Every October it gathers yearly data for all the observers (more than...
by David Brooks | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
UPDATE: I put this item up in June. On Nov. 9, the airport responded on twitter: Identifying trees is hard – I can’t get much beyond evergreen vs. deciduous. Still, it’s kind of embarrassing that one of the state’s highest-profile tree...