Updates
Later, 6:46 a.m. CDT: a reader sent in a comment overnight. The comments section works again! Whoo-hoo!.
Original Post
The comments app now works -- at least as far as I can tell. It worked this evening when I was testing it. I should know more as the week(s) go by.
The problem had nothing to do with EU regulations but the problem may have begun when the "blogger app" made some changes to comply with EU regulations. I don't know, but it no longer matters if the comments app actually works.
Thank you, everyone, for your patience.
I did find all the "old" comments that folks sent in that did not get posted. I spent most of the evening posting/replying to them.
I missed a few, I'm sure, and I haven't gone all the way back -- just too many comments. Much appreciated.
My biggest surprise: how closely folks read my notes. Wow, folks catch a lot of trivia I thought no one would notice. I don't know if that's good or bad. LOL.