Ian Kummer

I'm a former US Marine fire support specialist, and also worked for about 10 years as a public affairs specialist in the US Army National Guard and Reserves. For that reason I will mostly opine about the "information operations" aspect of current events. Please see my "about" page for more information. If you would like to reach out, you can email me at ian.michael@readingjunkie.com

The Scale of Delusion

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I have written about this fatal scale error several times before and I think it’s time to revisit it. Fatal scale error is frequently occurs with children, and is referred to as “fatal” because the child attempts a task that is impossible, like trying to fit a beach ball in his mouth, or sit on … Read more

The Bright Path (To Communism)

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Recently I saw a lovely 1940 film The Bright Path set in the 1930s. The main character Tanya is an ignorant, hysterical and illiterate peasant who works as a cleaning lady at a provincial hotel. She falls in love with a promising engineer but rejects his romantic advances on her because she’s not his social equal. He’s … Read more

Debunking Myths About the Kursk “Offensive”

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Today I am going to debunk all the myths about the offensive in the Kursk direction. Back in August I wrote that it seemed like the only reason the UAF attacked in this direction was because it happened to be a lightly defended stretch of the border. “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.” Now, on to the myth busting.

Goodbye, Facebook

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Unfortunately, my Facebook was nuked. I suspect due to brigading. That’s unfortunate, as Facebook had many irl friends that I will probably never be able to connect with again. UPDATE: I appealed, and my account is back.