Archive: November 5, 2006 - November 11, 2006
Roving On Mars
[My column in the Sunday magazine.] Recently, the Mars rover "Opportunity" completed a long, slow journey across the surface of the planet and reached the rim of a crater. What it beheld was a stunning vista that looked like the...
By | November 11, 2006; 7:39 AM ET | Comments (224)
Canvassing the Votes: A Paperwork Fandango
[My story in today's Style section.] The interested parties are crammed into Room 315 of the Fairfax County Government Center. It's a sprawling structure with lots of glass and big atriums and spacious offices, but somehow all the action...
By | November 9, 2006; 7:04 AM ET | Comments (483)
The Shellacking
That was Russert's word this morning. Which seems about right after the pundits spent the night arguing over whether it was a tsunami or a wave or just a trickle. I would go so far as to say that...
By | November 8, 2006; 7:57 AM ET | Comments (259)
Stand Up and Be Counted, Maybe
[4 p.m. update: My exit polling shows that voters overwhelmingly miss Ed Muskie. You read it here first!] [I voted in the District, a decidedly underwhelming event this year. We don't have thrilling November elections here; it's all decided...
By | November 7, 2006; 6:35 AM ET | Comments (257)
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over
Yesterday I exercised my adult prerogative to do whatever I wanted to do. Sadly, I didn't actually know what I wanted to do -- directionlessness and its hideous cousin ennui chose this day to intrude upon my schedule --...
By | November 6, 2006; 9:39 AM ET | Comments (152)
The Walnuts Disaster of 2006
[My column in the Sunday magazine.] The other day, my wife, who is the kind of person who believes there is a right way and a wrong way to do things, or, more specifically, a perfect and an imperfect way,...
By | November 5, 2006; 6:33 AM ET | Comments (137)
