Harvard Crimson comments have not disappeared entirely. Just replace www in the URL with api. This works for old articles where comments were posted. I haven’t tried using the comments on new articles, but if we spread the word about the api URLs it could be good to resurrect the comments on Crimson articles.
I'm not sure I understand this method or how many will even see the article with its comments section. In any case, I did leave a message in that section for this article. Here is what I wrote:
Ira Stoll raises a challenging question for Harvard regarding this effort to protect Iranians from careful vetting. I think it is well worth it to consider this and take seriously the idea that Harvard is engaged in a dangerous flirtation with possible terrorist activity. Here is what Stoll asks:
"Why is Harvard steering incoming Iranians toward border-screening sites with weaker standards? If one of those Iranians turns out to be a terrorist who gets into America because Harvard directed them to a checkpoint with less “strict” security, the blood will be on Harvard’s hands."
The US government has known about laundering of Iranian oil through Iraq at least as far back as 2012, though it was not revealed at the time.
Harvard Crimson comments have not disappeared entirely. Just replace www in the URL with api. This works for old articles where comments were posted. I haven’t tried using the comments on new articles, but if we spread the word about the api URLs it could be good to resurrect the comments on Crimson articles.
I tried this on the Crimson article Ira Stoll is referring to here. This one:
https://api.thecrimson.com/article/2025/7/4/harvard-webinar-international-students/
I'm not sure I understand this method or how many will even see the article with its comments section. In any case, I did leave a message in that section for this article. Here is what I wrote:
Ira Stoll raises a challenging question for Harvard regarding this effort to protect Iranians from careful vetting. I think it is well worth it to consider this and take seriously the idea that Harvard is engaged in a dangerous flirtation with possible terrorist activity. Here is what Stoll asks:
"Why is Harvard steering incoming Iranians toward border-screening sites with weaker standards? If one of those Iranians turns out to be a terrorist who gets into America because Harvard directed them to a checkpoint with less “strict” security, the blood will be on Harvard’s hands."
https://www.theeditors.com/p/new-york-times-race-polices-zohran-mamdani-columbia-african-american-black-cybercrime-hack
It is still there. I wonder if this flies totally under the radar.
Trump was insightful in discussing Kamala Harris’ ancestry, saying that Harris was Indian when looking for money and Black when looking for votes.
Think exposing Mamdani is more important than pointing out The Time's inconsistency or bias. The latter is well known.