What's the most common feedback/comment I've received over the past month? "I used to like reading your stuff when you didn't write about politics all the time."

My response: Me too. But they've left me no choice at this point. If you think tech isn't politics and vice versa, you probably don't believe national security and cybersecurity are two sides of the same coin, either.

@briankrebs You sound a lot like one of my heroes the late Christopher Hitchens.

When asked why he was always talking about politics and religion, he replied that the Parties of God had left him no choice, if he wanted to live in a modern civilized world.