The Reading Junkie

Death of Free Speech: Why is “Russian Propaganda” Bad?

April 22, 2023 by Ian Kummer

Over the past 5 years, the American political establishment has gradually cracked down on free speech in a classic slippery slope fashion, and is now working to effectively outlaw it with the RESTRICT Act. But an actual law criminalizing naughty opinions wasn’t the first step, it was the last one.

Is the Leak a PSYOP Conspiracy? (No, it’s not)

April 18, 2023 by Ian Kummer

Here’s a new update for y’all.

Shooting Guns in Russia

April 15, 2023 by Ian Kummer

Today we visited “Caliber,” a very nice indoor shooting range in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. Here’s how I did.

What Everybody Gets Wrong About the Pentagon Leak

April 14, 2023 by Ian Kummer

Since the drama around the Pentagon leak has developed, I’ll give my own thoughts on it, and dispel some myths that I see frequently repeated. There seem to be two camps of commentators: people who think this leak is real, and people who think it’s a fake. I think it’s real. For convenience, this post will be in a Q&A format.

The Wokening of Jack Ryan

April 11, 2023 by Ian Kummer

My long-time coming review of Jack Ryan on Amazon Prime. Tom Clancy’s fantasy books for conservative boomers have been reimagined as a fantasy for liberal millennials about bringing wokeness to the primitive savages in exotic locations like the Middle East, Latin America, and Russia.