Just mailed in my census form, where I checked “Some other race” for Question 9 and wrote in “American” for all five of us. Laura Ingraham describes it as “a ‘power to the people’ moment — and a great way to reject the liberal effort to color-code us all.”

Something a lot of readers have been concerned about is the confidentiality of the information they provide on the census form, like their phone number and kids’ ages. For instance, one e-mailer wrote: “I have two very small daughters whom I am very protective of. Should we fill out the Census by each and every person? I don’t like this and don’t want to give out names and gender, especially ages.”

I think it’s important to understand that the Census Bureau is fanatical about the confidentiality of the individual information you provide — people on my staff have worked with them and it’s like a religion over there. Reporting aggregate information, like how many women between 18 and 24 live in the District of Columbia, is the whole point of the exercise, but anything that could identify an individual is not released for 72 years. And if you live in a house, have a phone, or went to high school, your personal information is already available to anyone with $25 for one of those internet search services. But you can be sure the Census Bureau didn’t give it to them.