The Reading Junkie

Today I saw a question on Quora, “How is Russia winning the information war against Ukraine?” This makes me laugh but it is also a point o...

Brief and Sentimental Intro When I was 11 or 12, I heard grown-ups speak of a “difficult age” their teenage kids are being through. This a...

It’s been a while since I really talked about Ukraine in depth, so here is a collection of related thoughts, starting with Adveevka, and the con...

In 1 hour, 8pm Moscow time, I’ll be a guest with Billy Bob and Ben Tóth to talk about the bombing of southern Gaza over “superbowl weeken...

Lenin and Stalin are to Russians what Washington and Lincoln are to Americans. They also served similar roles in both countries, though the gap betwee...

Yesterday I met with Billy, Ben, and Carlo on their show to talk more about the Tucker-Putin interview, which was good as I had more time to reflect s...

I watched the full interview on Tucker Carlson’s website early this morning. I won’t give a play-by-play description of what was said, as ...

I think the Tucker Carlson interview with President Putin is a game changer. What Tucker Carlson has done is invite both Putin and Zelensky to give th...

Hello everyone, I have been neglecting my own blog lately and sorry about that – I started to become quite active on Quora and gained a large fo...

I just watched Disney's The Emperor's New Groove, which was quite the experience, mainly because I now have the context of what Disney did afterward. ...

Last night I had another opportunity to hear Prof. Vladimir Golstein, Chair of Slavic Studies at Brown University, weigh in about the ongoing conflict...

Well let’s take a look at the new CIA recruiting commercial aimed at Russians in the military and intelligence services, I think it’s actually qui...