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Letter: COVID reality check Published: 5/7/2021 8:00:11 AM While were hearing governor after governor re-opening their states, on the assumption that progress toward herd immunity is happening, thanks for David Brooks reminder that it aint over til its over. Country after country with whom we share this Earth are way behind us in vaccinations, and this is one Earth. The virus doesnt care about national or state boundaries. Its good to see New Hampshires average daily infection rate decreasing,...

The win was Wanderers first against Bournemouth since 2008 In the week that Wanderers revealed their Goal of the Season contenders, they need to add another to the list as the Ugandan forward scored a wonder goal.  The striker had the ball around 30-yards from goal, jogged, stopped, couldn’t see anything on, so he decided to unleash a bending effort that flew into the top right-hand corner. Asmir Begovic had no chance and from Ikpeazu’s celebration, which saw him scream at the Wander...

N.H. has long been a bitcoin hotbed; we’re a questions-about-bitcoin-legality hotbed, too Published: 4/26/2021 5:06:59 PM Complicated new things often have straightforward old things hidden inside. Case in point: Two unrelated prosecutions in New Hampshire of alleged misdeeds involving one of the most bewildering items in the digital universe, blockchain-based cryptocurrencies. Although there are plenty of technical, legal and financial details in these cases, at heart they’re simple, say a...

NY Times Bret Stephens is editing a new Jewish journal, starting with an issue on Jews and social justice   Alex Wong/Getty Images Bret Stephens (l) at a Christians United for Israel summit in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2015. (JTA) - New York Times opinion columnist Bret Stephens has taken on a side gig as the editor of a new limited-run journal of essays about Jewish issues. The journal, titled Sapir, is an initiative of the Maimonides Fund, an increasingly influential force in Jewish philant...

On Edward Wasserman. Photo (cc) 2019 by the Knight Foundation. The controversy over New York Times columnist and “PBS NewsHour” commentator David Brooks’ conflicts of interest has all but faded away. But before everyone just, you know, moves on, I’d like to share with you a new blog post by Edward Wasserman, former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and one of the country’s leading media ethicists. If you’ve forgotten the backstory, Wasserman has recapitu...

Letter: Brooks advice strange FacebookTwitterEmail FILE. Letter writer says, I find strange at best David Brooks column, "Open letter to a young Republican," Feb. 22, penned in response to a young man looking for direction in life and searching for ways to make a difference in the Republican Party.  (Josh Haner/The New York Times) I find strange at best David Brooks column, "Open letter to a young Republican," Feb. 22, penned in response to a young man looking for direction in life and searchi...

I just want to put a "-30-" on this. The New York Times reported earlier today that disclosures will be added to David Brooks' past columns in which he had a conflict of interest (background here). He's resigned from his paid position at the Aspen Institute. Most important, I think, is this: Mr. Brooks had…

Woolly mammoths and people might have crossed paths in New England This portion of a woolly mammoth rib, part of the Hood Art Museum collection, contained enough organic material to be radiocarbon dated – about 12,700 years ago. Image by Nathaniel Kitchel and Jeremy DeSilva An illustration of a wooly mammoth. Wikipedia Related stories In fossil-deprived Northern New England, where geology melted dinosaur remains and glaciers ground up everything else, woolly mammoths are special. Mammoths a...

I revisited “The Voyage of the Cormorant” by Christian Beamish, in which he tells about building a boat in his garage and sailing the coastal waters of the Pacific. Beamish, who signed up for the U.S. Navy two weeks after graduating from high school, is a writer for Surfer magazine. His book offers refreshing writing about real-life experiences. Martha Barkley Charleston, South Carolina “Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard” by naturalist Dougla...

The New York Times is investigating David Brooks' ties to a group funded by Facebook and whether future columns should include a disclosure.