D. Maurice Kreis
Mr. Breyer's Neighborhood
Rule No. 1 of being an architecture critic in northern New England is: Don't trash anyone's house. Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are...
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"The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right." -- U.S. Circuit Judge Learned Hand (1872-1961)
DONALD MAURICE KREIS
CF Heterozygote, Self-Appointed Architecture Critic, Cooperator, Ratepayer Advocate
[N1303K is a mutation on Chromosome 7 associated with cystic fibrosis. In case you were wondering. Find me on most social media as @DMoKreis. Interested in the work I do at my day job? Check out oca.nh.gov.
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 29, 2021
- 5 min
They Can't Eat Prestige: The NHPR Staff Unionizes
Best news of the week, so far, is word that comes via Twitter that key staff people at New Hampshire Public Radio have formed a union,...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 8, 2021
- 5 min
FDA Unleashed a "Gusher of Profits" on June 7
It's not my habit to trash the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), our national gatekeeper when it comes to the safety and efficacy of...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Jun 5, 2021
- 4 min
Letter to the Boss at NHPR re the Demise of The Exchange
Dear Mr. Schachter: I write respectfully, as a fan of public radio since my college radio days in the 1970s, as a loyal NHPR listener...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- May 17, 2021
- 5 min
Maine Reconsidered and Regretted: A review of Shredding Paper
Thirty-six years ago this summer, I boarded a flight at National Airport in Washington, where the temperature was in the upper 90s, and...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Apr 27, 2021
- 1 min
The Evolution of Penn Station in NYC
One entered the city like a god . . . . . . one scuttles in now like a rat . . . . . . and in the future the rat will be fed the cheese...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Apr 18, 2021
- 1 min
From the Vertex Pharmaceuticals Form 10-K for Calendar Year 2020
Were you wondering how long Vertex has a monopoly on its ultra-expensive modulator drugs for CF patients? Here's your answer: A LONG...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Apr 18, 2021
- 6 min
A Treasury of Divisive Concepts: The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is a killjoy. By that I mean that Prescod-Weinstein, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at the...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Apr 14, 2021
- 6 min
BS and Bootstrapping: Yet Another Misleading Attack on ICER from the Pioneer Institute
Cancer, to my great regret, is the topic of the week for me. On Monday, a dear friend called and breezily inquired about my well-being. ...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Death Rate for People with Cystic Fibrosis Now at 1% of Covid Cases
The latest data from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's national patient registry: If you divide 13 by 1303, the answer is 0.00997698 at...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
The 2021 Pritzker Prize Laureates: Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
Three images of their 1993 Latapie House in Floirac, France. Looks cool but also unpretentious! From 2015 forward, this prestigious...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
"Think About Rosa Parks, Guys"
I'm asking nicely: Please leave our food co-ops alone. That's my reaction to the story I just read in the Keene Sentinel, and to this...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 14, 2021
- 6 min
Why I am Not Donating to the Valley News
Twenty-five years ago, I relocated from Portland, Maine to Sharon, Vermont. And one of the first things I noticed upon arrival in the...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 13, 2021
- 5 min
There is No Vaccine for Cystic Fibrosis Exceptionalism
Boy is this one going to get me in trouble. I am a 62-year-old vaccine freak. By that I mean: If the FDA approves a vaccine, I want it. ...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Updating the Data on Covid 19 and Cystic Fibrosis
This is the latest data from the CF Foundation's national patient registry: As you can see, deaths have increased significantly over the...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Mar 7, 2021
- 6 min
Sad News from Confederate Gulch
Of all the unusual places I've ever been -- everything from a tin mine in Siberia to a spent nuclear fuel pool in Maine -- none is more...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Feb 20, 2021
- 1 min
Update: Covid Deaths Among Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Transparency is one of my obsessions, and as a CF dad I've long been proud of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for its national patient...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Eversource v. Community Power Coalition, Annotated
When people ask me what I think about retail competition in the electric industry, in light of New Hampshire's decision in 1996 to end...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Department of Guilty Pleasures: Peter Sis
Once upon a time -- i.e., before there were iPhones and an omnipresent internet -- I had a fabulous gig. I was working as a staff writer...
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D. Maurice Kreis
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
Penny Lane it Ain't
Here's the thing about me as an architecture enthusiast and occasional critic: I have no taste. Specifically, I have no training of...
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