An American tourist in Russia
Ian Kummer 
We’re still in Theodosia, of course, and this was the second Victory Day parade we’ve attended here. We caught May 9 on our vacation while shopping for houses last year. In 2024 we were in Crimea for the first time, and happened to be in Kerch for May 9. Unfortunately I misremembered the start-time as … Read more
This is the fourth chapter in A Soldier’s Duty, the memoir of Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (1896-1968), who commanded troops from the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War to the final days of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Rokossovksy was an ethnic Pole who served in the Russian army in World … Read more
Trump is playing a very high stakes game, first turning down rapprochement with Russia, getting into a bitter trade war with China, and now leaping headfirst into a “special combat operation” against Iran that could throw the whole world into a deep recession. Will global and regional partners “ride or die” with Trump, or will … Read more
In today’s podcast Billy Bob and I are going to argue about the theory voiced by analyst Brian Berletic that Trump’s USA is waging war on Iran to muscle in on the East Asian energy market. Billy Bob’s perspective: It is important to understand how the oligarchs plan their wars in advance in accordance with … Read more
