Photo, above: Chinese-North Korean border. See Hour 2, Block B, Bruce Bechtol, professor at Angelo State University, in Texas, and author of North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 2 July 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Scott Harold, associate...
Photo, above: Pillars of Qohaito, pre-Axumite monolithic columns in Qohaito, Eritrea; nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List. The Kingdom of Aksum, covering much of modern-day Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, rose somewhere around the first or second centuries and adopted Christianity by the time...
Photo, above: Last to leave Vietnam, April 1975: "US Marines throwing Vietnamese people back over the embassy wall." Extraordinary tale here. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, from WJR, "The Great Voice of the Great Lakes" Hour One Monday 30 June 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: ...
Photo, above: Young 2-year-old Lian from Gaza, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, was admitted to Haifa hospital at the age of 7 months because of terminal renal failure. The corridors and treatment rooms of Rambam Medical Center are the only home Lian Barham has ever known. The 2-...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 28 June 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (1 of 8) Saturday 28 June 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and...
Photo, above: The Syrian-Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, Yohanna Petros Mouche (Ongoing Killings of Christians in Iraq) (Christians in Iraq) . See Hour 2, Block A, Seb Gorka, FDD, Natl Defense University, & Breitbart.com, in re: ARCHBISHOP'S LAST STAND IN IRAQ Peu à peu, Noël aussi disparaît...
Photo, above: Sarens transports the 16 new lock doors of the Panama Canal. The gigantic doors (with weights between 1.900t and 4.300t and measuring 58,7m x 10m x 34,7m) are moved with SPMT's onto Sarens' barge Paula at the factory in San Giorgio di Nogaro (Italy). The doors are then brought to an...
Photo, above: Narendra Modi, Indian PM, with Anandiben Patel at a meeting of BJP MLAs, after being elected as Prime Minister. Patel succeeded Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is the fifteenth and current prime minister of India. Modi, a leader...
Photo, above: United States border with Mexico. A small fence separates the densely-populated Tijuana, Mexico, right, from the United States in the Border Patrol's San Diego Sector. Construction is under way to extend a secondary fence over the top of this hill and eventually to the Pacific Ocean...
Photo, above: Kurds celebrate Nowruz (New Year) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 23 June 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, & Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: Ansar al Islam claims attacks against Iraqi military, police Ansar al Islam,...