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This is an odd post to voice that complaint on, since the site supports HTTPS.

As someone trying to get a free SSL cert from LetsEncrypt right now, I'd say that it still has some way to go before it becomes frictionless :) (getting there quite fast though)

Otherwise, the reason becomes $$$ .

Well, nowadays it's just $, as you can get one for $9/y ($5/y if you buy 3 years). For one subdomain, mind you.

Are you blaming the writer because this page is delivered through regular http?

That seems reasonable - when you fail to deliver content over HTTPS, you put your readers at risk of monitoring, content injection and all sorts of other nasty things.