It should be easier to post comments here beginning this morning. After receiving several complaints from people who said they had been unable to successfully post their comments in the past few days, I deactivated the CAPTCHA anti-spam software plug-in. This had been added sometime ago in order to combat automated comment spam that was bogging down the entire site. If the comment spam issue recurs, I’ll try a different CAPTCHA solution.

In the meantime, though, you’ll find commenting somewhat streamlined. Hopefully it will all work.

If you continue to experience problems leaving comments, please email me and describe the problem. Thanks!