Photo, above: Prince Bandar, head of Saudi intelligence, with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, in the Kremlin. See: Hour 3, Blocks A & B, Stephen F Cohen, NYU & Princeton Russian Studies Prof Emeritus. Soviet Fates & Lost Alternatives, on, "Russia is a country such that no matter what...
Photo, above: ancient minaret in Herat. See: Hour , Block A, Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 16 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re: in Syria, chem. weapons suggest...
Photo, above: Mark Twain honored by a USSR postage stamp JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Right, below: For ancient Mesopotamians, their cities were the centers of life. When they looked back to the beginning of time, they did not see a Garden of Eden, but rather an ancient site called Eridu,...
Photo, above: Ferdinand Richardt, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, circa 1858-1863 (White House, Washington, D.C., America) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 14 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty...
Photo, above: American crops. See: Hour 2, Block C, David Lynch, Bloomberg, on farm insurance – what can go wrong and why. Fraud Stealing $100 Million Shows Flaws in U.S. Crop Insurance – JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 13 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Daniel Henninger, WSJ WONDER LAND,...
Photo, above: Milky Way supernova. See: Hour 4, Block C, Ken Croswell, Scientific American, on a newly determined distance to stellar debris in the northern sky ties it more firmly to an explosion observers saw in 1181. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial...
Photo, above: Central African Republic: Central African rebels have attacked the eastern town of Bossangoa, a military source said, in their first assault since announcing this week they would resume fighting after government failed to meet their demands. The rebellion simmered for years over...
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Лев Никола́евич Толсто́й,) Today is Lev Tolstoy's 185th birthday. Painting above: Lev Tolstoy in his cabinet, by the magnificent Ilya Repin, 1891. Tolstoys's dates: 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), [O.S. 28 August to O.S. 7 November] Lev Tolstoy's entre...
Photo, above: Welcome to Maaloula, land of Aramaic. See: Hour 1, Block A, Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, on Tom Joscelyn being on his way to testify to Congress about Maaloula, a Christian town 50km NE of Damascus. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW...
Photo, above: Logo of the Syrian Electronic Army: Assad's cyber warriors. The recent phishing attack is the latest by pro-Assad hackers operating out of Dubai, who target sites with views opposed to their own. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Guest-host: Francis Rose, host of "In Depth with Francis Rose" on...