An e-mailer connects my surprised praise for the second-season premiere of “Lost” to, you guessed it, the ostriches-on-the-Right problem: “Your analysis of LOST is so typical of you. Expecting the show to be a cheat and a disappointment is similar to your mostly defeatist attitude toward Bush and Repubs. Rush Limbaugh talks about you and the others on the Corner quite a lot. Oh, he doesn’t refer to you by name but he mentions those on the right who have a defeatist attitude and are so afraid of being seen as wrong by those in the Beltway that you jump on the CW constantly. I think you all would benefit a lot by listening to him. He is able to combine realism with optimism. However, the Corner crowd combines realism with defeatism. Its not a winning combination.”

Sure, you say that now. But does Rush know why the numbers add up to 108? Or if Desmond is the devil? (These are “Lost” questions.)