Well, the column elicited the usual range of skeptical responses from experts, who argued that Mr. Bowlin's operation was just a fluke, or that he wasn't calculating his costs properly, or that Amazon.com would soon crush him and all other would-be little-guy competitors.

A column in the 'Birmingham News' (Alabama) elicited memories from people who remembered Bush when he was in Alabama, working for the Blount campaign: "None have specific recollections about Bush and the National Guard.

A column about Stephen's death in Britain's Daily Mail paper, written by Jan Moir, elicited a record 21,000 complaints after angry readers and fans (including popular British actor Stephen Fry) used Twitter to declare the article homophobic and insensitive.

No recent columns, not even my continuing Nascar ride, have elicited as much positive response as the saga of five 60-ish men who decided to row 100 miles from South Street Seaport to the tip of Long Island just to see if they could do it.

A recent column in this space airing the complaints of local diners has elicited some additional ones.

The column elicited letters from a few other frustrated New Yorkers who had registration problems, despite a vast improvement in recent years.

My columns about experts and objectivity elicited provocative responses from - well, from people on both sides of the issue.

Every column has elicited reaction; however the ones I assume are going to generate the biggest fuss aren't always the ones that do.

One measure of the lingering gulf in perceptions is the mail this column regularly elicits when racial shibboleths are questioned.

Last week's column, focusing on anxieties parents have about the possibility of their children annoying other passengers, elicited a big response.