A reader reads a lot of nice things into what some might call the fetal crouch I fell into on the whole gas tax thing:

And this is precisely why liberalism is sinking like a stone: The presence of debate in conservative Corners and the absence of it on the left.
You floated an idea that – well, it wasn’t workable, regarding oil price fixing. A number of lucid, credible arguments came streaming into your inbox regarding why the idea wasn’t workable. You may have had some insults and what-not, but that always happens. The good arguments were there.
Moreover, you dignified these arguments by posting them, for all to see, followed by the ever-humble “message received.” I saw more honor, dignity, and maturity in this one little exchange than I’d seen from CBS in the entire documents flap. Nobody impugning someone’s motives; nobody hurling names (at least that was made public).
And *that* is why you guys rock.