A few readers have pointed out another hulking error in this post quoting from the New York Times, an error I let pass unremarked:

BOULDER, Colo. — On Sunday nights, Philip DiStefano fills up his car. In most towns, this would not be a noteworthy event, but in this campus town, it is. DiStefano is chancellor of the University of Colorado’s sprawling campus here, and his car, a hulking Ford Escape, gets 54 miles per gallon.

A hulking Ford Escape? I promise to be more diligent in the future.