 In an e-mail to a fellow faculty member, Bloom said that he submitted the column to more than 40 publications before "The Atlantic Online" accepted it; among those that rejected it were Politico.He also hoped to appear on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report and John King's show on CNN, appearances that never materialized.In an e-mail of Dec. 11, Bloom said that he was scheduled to appear on Colbert on January 3, the night of the Iowa Caucuses, but the appearance did not materialize.