by David Brooks | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
I ran the following item in the Concord Monitor on Wednesday. By noon Thursday, I had heard from more than two dozen people who have working dial telephones in their kitchens, garages, woodsheds (yes, woodshed) or camp. The Dial Isn’t Dead! I’ll have a...
by David Brooks | Feb 21, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
They take lobster seriously in Maine, even when it’s a Unicode standard rather than a seafood delicacy. As reported by the Portland Press-Herald (which knows a good Maine story when it sees one), some objected because the proposed lobster emoji had six legs and...
by David Brooks | Feb 20, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The stealth reopening of Tenney Mountain ski area in Plymouth on Saturday after almost a decade of neglect is the latest example of a surprising resurrection of dead Northeast snow-sports mountains, and in some ways the most unusual of them. “There have been a great...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Stem rust is one of the most feared agricultural diseases in the world, infecting wheat and other cereal crops. The fungal pathogen is capable of severe epidemics, thus presenting a threat to the global food supply. In New England, the disease...
by David Brooks | Feb 19, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
This is my Monitor column, which ran Tuesday’s paper. It’s too late to attend Science Cafe, but maybe you’ll learn something! Last month Philips Exeter Academy unveiled a big, new building for sports activities, and also announced that much, but not...
by David Brooks | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Amid all the high-profile discussion of possible changes to New Hampshire election laws and processes, a trio of less mainstream proposals were shot down Tuesday. One of them would have used mathematics to draw legislative districts, and the other two would allow...