Just catching up on email, going through reader reactions to my yesterday column “Apologizing for Iraq,” in which I recanted my previous (though way previous) support for the war.

I don’t know when I’ve seen such a spread of reader opinion. I’m a fool. I’m a genius. I’m a liar. I’m the only honest man on NRO. I’m behind the curve. I’m ahead of the curve. I should be tarred & feathered. I should be President. Etc., etc.

On impressionistic grounds, I’d say the bag (I’ve read 40 or so, about the same still to go) is about 2 to 1 in my favor. That’s not an NRO sample, though, as a column like this leaks out via links from other bloggers (most recently Andrew Sullivan and Jerry Pournelle). My **very** impressionistic guess is that NRO readers are a bit the wrong (for me, I mean) side of 50-50.

Just a thought: When was the last instance of anyone ACTUALLY being tarred & feathered?