Great writing.
Is that a death rattle?
I fear its a death rattle. They were pressured —by some entity— to remove comments and I’ll bet the same peeps are trying to cut off income in order to kill another conservative thought outlet.
I hope I’m wrong.
Many, many sites rely on the amazons, googles, etc. to farm out advertising.
If you’ve ever closed a popup, a Google window often remains, asking why the ad window was closed. Big BIG Brother.