Two nice notes from readers re: the latest episode :

Jonah & Peter, In The Corner yesterday, Jonah, you stated that you felt the exchange on Clarence Thomas got “a little testy.” If this is what qualifies as testy, then it’s yet another reason why I enjoy WYP so much. You both do a fantastic job of relaying opinions without getting out of hand like the shows on CNN/Fox. I’m politically naive, so I don’t know who got the better of the debate (I did like Jonah’s “live by the quota, die by the quota” line, but also liked Peter’s response to it), but you both do a great job of explaining issues and theories. Keep up the good work! Now I suppose I should get back to mine.

And:

Jonah,
Fine job on the Clarence Thomas edition of “What’s your Problem (WYP)?”
What I found odd is the argument that Peter used not once but twice(!) as to
why Thomas isn’t the best representative for the “black seat” on the Supreme
Court. He basically said that Thomas could not have been a good choice for
SCOTUS because the pool of conservative blacks is so much smaller than the
pool of liberal blacks (in fairness, I should note that he did not put his
voice behind the argument, just stated that it’s one liberals use). Why
would the size of the pool matter? Of course, it doesn’t. It’s the
individual that matters, as Peter mentioned early on in the video. Yet he
still gave voice to that inane “size of pool” argument.
I found it interesting that when you mentioned that many conservatives, even
Straussian conservatives, hold Thomas in the highest regard as a jurist, he
seemed to be taken aback. I think a great future “WYP” would be “Thomas as
a jurist.” And that would be the time to bring up Jan Crawford Greenberg.
[Name withheld]
P.S. I very much enjoy these WYPs. Like you, I find it sad that it is hard
to discuss issues with a liberal in a rational way. So kudos to you and
Peter. I know of only one liberal that I can do so with. Unfortunately,
his wife is of the non-rational bent (perhaps because she is an
academic?!?), so we can’t discuss things when we are all together.