Photo, above: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children The number of children coming unaccompanied to the United States in recent years has increased to historic numbers, and continues to rise. From an average of 7,000 - 8,000 arriving each year and entering U.S. custody, the number rose to nearly 14,000...
Photo, above: Albert C. Barnes with Renoir’s “Bathers in the Forest” (left). Photograph of 1932 from the Barnes Foundation Archives. Barnes, like Henry Clay Frick, was a ruthless accumulator of wealth, but where Frick amassed prime art specimens, . . . Barnes was gripped by both specific artistic...
Photo, above: Edward Curtis photograph of Apsaroka Horse cavalry.. see Hour 3: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 31 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous...
Graphic, above: Barbados - In 2012, the Barbadian government established a 12-member Reparations Task Force to be responsible for sustaining local, regional and international momentum for reparations. Barbados is reportedly “currently leading the way in calling for reparations from former colonial...
Photo, above: Moscow stock exchange. Text from 2013: For the first time in Russia's history, physical precious metals would be traded to boost liquidity in the market and attract more participants. Mikhail Orlenko, director of the commodity market of the Moscow exchange said the exchange is going...
Photo, above: China suddenly invades Vietnam's waters with a billion-dollar oil rig, then attacks Vietnamese craft and brings in missile-armed ships. Courtesy South China Morning Post. Further, in a photo released by Vietnam's Coast Guard, a Chinese ship shoots water cannon at a Vietnamese vessel...
Photo, above: A political unknown who's never been elected to anything before, Neel Kashkari is now in the race to be the next governor of California. Courtesy of KCRA. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 27 May 2014 / Hour 1...
: Image above courtesy of particleadventure.org/images/history-universe-08.jpg For cosmic microwave background radiation images, see: https://www.google.com/search?site=&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1004&bih=628&... JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 26 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block...
Photo above: Garbo: The Spy (2009/2010) Also known as: Garbo, the Man Who Saved the World, Garbo: El Espia. See Hour 1, Block A: Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo: The Spy JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 25 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Edmon Roch, filmmaker, Garbo: The Spy (also known as Garbo,...
Photo, above: "The Battle of Kansas (also known as the "Battle of Wichita"[1]) was the nickname given to a project to build, modify and deliver large quantities of the world's most advanced bomber to the front-lines, originally in Europe and in the Pacific, although due to delay in production, was...