The Reading Junkie

I’ve had a nasty cold for more than two weeks, but yesterday I came on Billy Bob’s channel again to share some thoughts about what’s...

A paywalled 5 November article in the German edition of Business Insider (I saw no equivalent in the English site) cited an 30 October NATO report, wh...

Some of you already know that I am writing a book loosely inspired by the 1970 Sophia Loren WWII movie Sunflower, now I will provide some details on t...

A villain is simply a hero with the wrong motive. MI6 as portrayed in James Bond films is a top-notch spy agency with ludicrously high-tech gadgets an...

Billy Bob invited me on another podcast about the Gaza conflict, this time with Professor Vladimir Golstein from the Department of Slavic Studies at B...

There has been a lot of discussion in the past month about Israel’s “Samson Option,” what it is, how serious of a threat it poses, o...

I am visiting a friend and reader of the blog in Saint Petersburg this weekend. Maria and I visited once before in the summer of 2022, so getting to s...

Americans adore the fantasy of plucky rebels, ragtag hyper individualists standing up against tyranny. That fantasy (however selectively) resembled ou...

Recent events prove that American conservatives hate free speech just as much as American liberals. After years and years of whining that the hegemoni...

I’m back on the show to weigh in on some nagging questions about the ongoing flareup of hostilities between Israel and Hamas....

I'm about to jump into an interview with Scott Ritter about the situation with Israel and Palestine. You can view it in the linked video below:...

Here's a follow-up to yesterday's post about the new conflict between Hamas and Israel. Unfortunately, YouTube is deleting any footage of Hamas, inclu...