I see that his blog “hiatus” is going to be like William F. Buckley Jr.’s “semi-retirement”: Both of them manage to keep producing at a rate that puts the rest of us to shame. Sullivan has responded to my comments on his essay on conservatism. (Those comments have been reproduced here in a more reader-friendly format.) I’ll come back at this as soon as I get past a few deadlines. (I didn’t say I was going to try to improve my work ethic!)