Photo, above: The celebration of the ten-year reign of King Abdullah II of Jordan at the International Stadium of Amman. Queen Rania, Abdullah II of Jordan, Richard Attias, Princess Salma, Prince Hashem JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Andrew Leigh...
Photo, above: A police officer sets fire to boxes of confiscated counterfeit alcohol in Guiyang, capital of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 24 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of...
Photo, above: Woodstock, 19 August 1969: 500,000 people cheek by jowl for three days with nary an argument. Tsarnaev brothers and their ilk: health, joy, amity, cooperation are all haram. In memoriam, Richie Havens, January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013. Becky. Richie Havens, a Brooklyn-born singer...
Photo, above: Traditional couple, Daghestan. Makhachkala Махачкала has opened an exhibition "Northern Caucasus - on Road of Changes" showing works of photographers from Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Chechnya and other regions. After Makhachkala, the exhibition will go to Nazran, Grozny and...
Photo, above: Two fourth-graders expressing their views. World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements interweaves the story of John Hunter (see: Hour 1, Block B: John Hunter), a teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his students' participation in an exercise called the World Peace Game. The...
Photo, above: nuclear weapons the world over; see: Hour 4, Block A, The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics, by Paul Bracken JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 20 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: The Fourteenth Day: JFK and the Aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis...
Photo, above: Grozny, capital of Chechnya, in the middle of the war waged on Chechnya by Moscow. Tsar Nicholas I began the subjugation, murdered 15% of the population; Chchnyans cannot be subdued. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW From a listener, T Loghry: This website is producer of this video http://...
Photo, above: Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in the city of Saint Catherine in Egypt's South Sinai Governorate. The monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built between 548 and 565, this monastery is...
Photo, above: North Korean KN-08. Global Security writes, 'Circumstantial evidence had been building up for some years that had begun to suggest to US and South Korean intelligence that North Korea was attempting to develop a semi-mobile ICBM. This information though thin was initially suggested...
Photo, above: The reality of the barbarism. Boston, Monday 15 April 2013. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 16 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, in re: An envelope containing ricin was sent to the Capitol...