Another note

The comments are slow because we're under constant spam attack; I'm now getting hundreds an hour. It's hopeless to fish your spam out of the filter, and the load times are getting slower and slower, which I know is frustrating. We're working on a technical fix, but sadly, so are the spammers . . .

Meanwhile, you don't have to keep hitting repost. Be patient; it's going in. Just slowly, is all.

Comments

"Obviously, there are people who were right about the war for the right reasons, and we should examine what their thought process was--not merely the conclusions they came to, but how they got there."

Are you going to actually do that? Is anyone?

I have a proposal: follow through. Find someone who was opposed to Iraq for the right reasons and interview them. Or let them guest post. Write a post about them. *Something.*

I was opposed to the Iraq War from the start for what I think are the right reasons. There are millions like me.

If you need someone high profile Wikipedia has a list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_the_Iraq_War), I'm sure you can find someone.

Put your money where your mouth is, as they say.

Posted by Margalis | March 28, 2008 6:24 AM

I've been getting a bunch today too for some reason, and I work in a completely different place than you do.

Posted by Bill H | March 28, 2008 8:40 AM

Typepad has a comment system that can be implemented on most blogs easily.

It has an excellent anti-spam system and it is fast.

Consider adopting it.

Posted by D | March 28, 2008 8:54 AM

While you're fixing the comments, why not consider having the "Remember personal info" button actually do something?

Posted by David Nieporent | March 28, 2008 12:49 PM

I am informed that this will be fixed when we migrate to MT4. No, I don't know why it's broken now.

Posted by Megan McArdle | March 28, 2008 1:52 PM

why not consider having the "Remember personal info" button actually do something?

I may be mistaken, but I believe the function (or failure) of this checkbox is intertwined with the Security/Permissions/Cookie settings of the browser on your own machine.

Posted by anony_mouse_ | March 28, 2008 1:54 PM

anony: That doesn't make sense, unless the programmer expected you to use security settings that will get your computer raped within ten minutes - even on a dialup connection. Many other blogs do remember my name by storing it in a cookie, but Megan's doesn't, and this has held true over several versions of two different browsers on four computers.

Posted by markm | March 31, 2008 7:01 AM