I posted this article. To dang and the other moderators: I hesitated quite a bit before posting this, due to its possible interpretation as a "political post".

I posted this article. To dang and the other moderators: I hesitated quite a bit before posting this, due to its possible interpretation as a "political post"... but after some thought decided to go ahead and post it, because I find it both important and interesting, in the sense described in the HN guidelines, so I felt it was on-topic. But if you judge the OP is off-topic or should be flagged to avoid unproductive commentary, please leave it flagged; I know it's a matter of judgment and I trust yours :-)