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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.

Heartbreaking news from the foothills of the Big Belt Range in Montana

Dear Friends: Eleven years ago, I brought my daughter Rose, then a feisty wisp of a kid still learning how to thrive with cystic...

D. Maurice Kreis

Aug 2, 20213 min read

I'm a Slavittnik, and Proud of It

Nobody cares what I think about the pandemic. I realize that. But, I have been groping my way to something like an understanding of what...

D. Maurice Kreis

Jul 6, 20214 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Jul 1, 20213 min read

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,...

D. Maurice Kreis

Jun 29, 20215 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Jun 8, 20215 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Jun 5, 20214 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

May 17, 20215 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Apr 27, 20211 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Apr 18, 20211 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Apr 18, 20216 min read

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. ...

D. Maurice Kreis

Apr 14, 20216 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 19, 20211 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 16, 20211 min read

"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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 16, 20213 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 14, 20216 min read

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. ...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 13, 20215 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 11, 20211 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Mar 7, 20216 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Feb 20, 20211 min read

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...

D. Maurice Kreis

Feb 8, 20215 min read

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DONALD MAURICE KREIS

Heartbreaking news from the foothills of the Big Belt Range in Montana

I'm a Slavittnik, and Proud of It

Mr. Breyer's Neighborhood

They Can't Eat Prestige: The NHPR Staff Unionizes

FDA Unleashed a "Gusher of Profits" on June 7

Letter to the Boss at NHPR re the Demise of The Exchange

Maine Reconsidered and Regretted: A review of Shredding Paper

The Evolution of Penn Station in NYC

From the Vertex Pharmaceuticals Form 10-K for Calendar Year 2020

A Treasury of Divisive Concepts: The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

BS and Bootstrapping: Yet Another Misleading Attack on ICER from the Pioneer Institute

Death Rate for People with Cystic Fibrosis Now at 1% of Covid Cases

The 2021 Pritzker Prize Laureates: Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

"Think About Rosa Parks, Guys"

Why I am Not Donating to the Valley News

There is No Vaccine for Cystic Fibrosis Exceptionalism

Updating the Data on Covid 19 and Cystic Fibrosis

Sad News from Confederate Gulch

Update: Covid Deaths Among Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Eversource v. Community Power Coalition, Annotated

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