by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
You’re reading this column so you probably know this, but I didn’t until I wrote this story, prodded by the cold snap and people running out of heating oil (which heats about half the residences in New Hampshire): Homeowners who run out of heating oil and...
by David Brooks | Jan 3, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
This is an email I received after my UFOs-aren’t-aliens column. It makes me happy: It is so true when you call yourself a geek. the word geek has always meant, and still means, someone who knows very little about anything! Unlike you, I have a brain. I...
by David Brooks | Jan 2, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
How many patents each week have an N.H. connection – that is, get issued to a person or a company in the state? A reasonable number, actually. Here’s the list for the final week of 2017, courtesy of Targeted News Service: Cryptzone North America, Nashua,...
by David Brooks | Dec 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Those of you who can never remember which Interstate 93 off-ramp in Concord is Exit 13, which is Exit 14 and which is Exit 15, take note: You’re actually supposed to be confused about which is Exit 39A, which is Exit 39B and which is Exit 40. But don’t panic. This is...
by David Brooks | Dec 22, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
As we all prepare to profit from Santa Claus’ annual globe-trotting jaunt, I’d like to take a moment to acknowledge not just how physically astonishing it is to visit a couple billion homes in one night, but how mathematically astonishing it is to know the order in...
by David Brooks | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Newsrooms are fond of “top 10 stories of the year” lists to fill space during the holidays, when everybody’s on vacation. In no particular order here are some of my favorite stories that I reported in 2017 – not important stories, not breaking...