From now on, readers will only be able to post comments on each thread for a few days. This is to keep discussion topical and current, and to prevent the site from becoming unmanageable.
For heaven's sake, Ms. Phillips, please set up some form of registration system for posters. I'm sure you'll find that once people are compelled to provide a legitimate e-mail address (not hotmail, yahoo, etc), the quality of the posts will go way up, and the level of overt prejudice will disappear almost completely.