… is Conrad Black.

Seriously, the guy is smart as a whip and a great writer.  I”m hoping to squeeze his book on Nixon into my pile.

That being said, the Post apparently gets a lot of positive mail about his weekly column.  On Mondays, the editorial board posts a summary of the previous week’s mail and this was printed today:

This colourful note on Lord Black also came in from south of the border.

“Hey! Your guy Conrad Black is good!” wrote someone who identified himself as “Mark in Montana.”

“His latest piece on my loser President is terrific. If his column was some hot chick in Vancouver, I would ask it to marry me. Long live our great friends in sweaters! Oh Canada!”

It was in response to this article.