Archive: February 25, 2007 - March 3, 2007
Genital Shrinkage, Mad Gassers and Washington Policy
[My former student Rob Anderson (from Georgetown) is doing a great job with his Editorialist blog. Anderson is no stranger to the Achenblog -- he was published here first!] [Here's my column in the Sunday magazine. Some of this...
By | March 3, 2007; 9:11 AM ET | Comments (575)
Early Vegas Line on the Pulitzers
[Before I begin, can I just say: I never quite mastered the technology known as "the Rolodex." Now we just Google everyone, but there was a day, you'll recall, when the Rolodex ruled, and every year the 'dexes got...
By | February 28, 2007; 6:54 PM ET | Comments (312)
Why the Harvest Mouse Is So Popular, etc.
Best science press release of the week: 'Promiscuity is common among female rodents, leading to competition between the sperm of rival males over who fertilizes the eggs. It now seems that possessing a longer penis may give males an...
By | February 28, 2007; 12:00 PM ET | Comments (254)
More Oscar Madness, etc.
Every year I eagerly await the Booth-Stuever Oscar-party story, and here it is, better than ever. This is the stuff you can't teach. The immaculate pacing. The you-are-there cinema verite roving-eye narrative. The brief hint of antonomasia ("a bulk...
By | February 27, 2007; 6:38 AM ET | Comments (167)
Oscar Fever! Plus D-Day for TV
Monday morning quarterbacking on the Blah-scars: Going back to the '70s I've always hated myself for watching an entire Oscar telecast, and this morning hate myself more than usual. It's four hours of punishment. See Shales. I agree that...
By | February 26, 2007; 8:54 AM ET | Comments (442)
