by David Brooks | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
This column is for geeks, who like innovative ideas that upend stodgy old industries, so to celebrate Fourth of July wanted to come up with an idea that will upend something traditionally American. Since mom and apple pie are fine as they are, I decided to upend...
by David Brooks | Jul 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Dave Solomon of the Union-Leader wrote about the fact that negative pricing for electricity is starting to be seen in New Hampshire during low power-usage times, part of a trend caused in part by renewables (especially solar and wind): A 2014 change in the energy...
by David Brooks | Jul 4, 2017 | Newsletter
Maine is the soft-shell clam capital of the country. But clammers harvested less than 1.5 million pounds last year, the lowest total in a quarter century – down from nearly 8 million pounds at the industry’s height in the late 1970s. So reports the Portland...
by David Brooks | Jul 3, 2017 | Newsletter
Last week I wrote about the 45th parallel cutting through New Hampshire (you can re-read my sterling prose right here) and mentioned some other wonderful historical markers that the state has placed. I figured that those of you lacking New Hampshire knowledge might...
by David Brooks | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Blockchain, the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies, holds at least as much promise as bitcoin does for changing business and finance (although actually taking advantage of that promise is proving trickier than expected). The state of Vermont has...
by David Brooks | Jun 28, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
(This is my column from the June 26 Monitor – and boy, was it fun to report and write) This is the story about one of New Hampshire’s roadside historical markers – actually, two of them that say the same thing – and how they’re not quite accurate for interesting...
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