Apologies! MRW posted 47 Again – The Letter to Iran on Friday, March 13. In the post we noted several lame, after-the-fact attempts to explain and justify the Iran letter, including a rush to leave town on account of snow. (I’ve lived in DC; two flakes and the schools close.)

Now, finally, a week after the letter came out, the National Review has cleared everything up. In The Cotton Letter Was Not Sent Anywhere, Especially Not to Iran, Deroy Murdock notes the fact—I assume it’s a fact—that freshman Senator Tom Cotton (Rep.-Ark.) and did not put the letter in an envelope, use a first-class stamp, and deposit it with the U.S. Postal Service (which he and fellow signers want