Achenblog: April 22, 2007 - April 28, 2007
Mike Gravel is Howard Beale
I watched the debate last night and have a couple of thoughts, starting with the obvious fact that Mike Gravel is the Howard Beale of the race -- mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. At...
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Joel Achenbach
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April 27, 2007; 9:47 AM ET |
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College Rejections; Mad Bee Disease
As the parent of a high school sophomore, with a couple more critters beyond that lined up for takeoff, I'll be spending the next six years or so preparing my progeny to apply to, and be rejected by, institutions...
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Joel Achenbach
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April 26, 2007; 6:44 AM ET |
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Gliese 581c: Nothing To Sneeze At?
Reading this story about the discovery of a potentially habitable planet 20 light-years away, I thought: Oh no, more pollen. Already my black Honda has turned green from the tree-schmutz. Spring brings with it certain special obligations, such as...
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Joel Achenbach
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April 25, 2007; 9:01 AM ET |
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Boris Yeltsin
History will judge Boris Yeltsin the right man at the right time, until he became precisely the opposite. I called David Remnick, who covered the collapsing Soviet Union for the Post, and asked him to advise us on how...
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Joel Achenbach
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April 23, 2007; 10:11 AM ET |
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