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Letter: COVID reality check Published: 5/7/2021 8:00:11 AM While we're 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 ain't over 'til it's over. Country after country with whom we share this Earth are way behind us in vaccinations, and this is one Earth. The virus doesn't care about national or state boundaries. It's good to see New Hampshire's average daily infection rate decreasing, but we've seen this before, and it went back up before. We need to keep on following best p...

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 Wanderers bench in delight, his sixth of the campaign meant a lot to him. Gareth Ainsworth’s men, who...

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 couple of UNH law school professors whose expertise I sought. “Just because you call it a playtpu...

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 philanthropy that supports Jewish identity-building through media, education and Israel engagement. Over...

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 recapitulated it for you. Wasserman begins with the valuable observation that conflicts tend to arise at the...