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My second job out of college was with H.J. Meyers. Don't bother looking it up because it no longer exists. If anyone has ever seen the movie Boiler Room, it wasn't exactly that firm but it was close enough. While all the companies we sold did exist they were mostly the junk no one else wanted. There I met a legendary Chicago stock broker named Wil Rondini. Rondini was equal parts legendary, infamous, and genius. He's one of the greatest salespeople to ever live. He's also the first certifiable sociopath I'd ever met. By the time I'd met him, he'd...

A source tells me that sometime yesterday afternoon the head of the Pittsburgh VA, Terri Wolf, held a meeting with the radiology department. At that meeting, Ms. Wolfe announced that effectively immediately Dr. Anna Chacko would be on indefinite administrative leave. If you have been following my work, you need no more information but for those unfamiliar, here's a quick recap. Dr. Anna Chacko is the head of radiology at the Pittsburgh VA. She has been there since October of 2008. Almost immediately, staff in the radiology department began to complain about her behavior. They described her as tyrannical, a...

Introduction: This is the latest installment in my series about Dr. Anna Chacko. Dr. Chacko is currently the head of radiology at the Pittsburgh VA. She's been at the Pittsburgh VA since October of 2008. Almost immediately, according to sources I spoke to in a position to know, staff at the VA hospital began complaining about her behavior. They described her as tyrannical, a liar, an incompetent, she refused to do required clinical work, she divided the radiology department, and she created an environment of fear. Let me be clear. This is not me saying it, but rather this is...