Photo, above: PLA Navy Coast Guard, off Senkaku Islands, East China Sea. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Thursday 14 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Sr Congressional correspondent, in re: Today's New York Times editorial, Andrew Rosenthal: Mr. Obama has...
Photo, above: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket star of stars. See Hour 1, Block D, Tunku Varadarajan, Daily Beast, on cricket. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 13 November 2013/ Hour 1, Block A: Toshi Yoshihara, John A. van Beuren Chair of Asia-Pacific Studies and an affiliate member of...
Portrait, above: Grace Coolidge JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 12 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, in re: Coolidge. Tuesday 12 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Philip Izzo, WSJ, in re: Vital Signs:...
Photo, above: New York Times front page, 11 November 1918 JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 11 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re: the senior member of Haqqani Network, Nasiruddin Haqqani, killed...
Photo, above: A crowd gathers to watch Adm. William E. Gortney relieve Adm. John C. Harvey Jr. as commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command in a ceremony aboard the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier at Norfolk Naval Station. (Amanda Lucier | The Virginian-Pilot). New Fleet Forces commander will...
Photo, above: The Art of War by Sun Tzu, compiled over 2,000 years ago by the warrior-philosopher, is still one of the most widely studied and influential books on strategy throughout the world today. This work stresses the unpredictability of battle, the importance of deception and surprise, the...
Photo, above: Nuclear Saudi Arabia - buying bombs from Pakistan? See Hour 3, Block C, Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council, on Saudi Arabia wanting to buy nuclear weapons from Pakistan. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Guest-host: Francis Rose, Federal News Radio Hour One Friday 8 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A...
Hour One Thursday 7 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Dan Henninger Thursday 7 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Reza Kahlili Thursday 7 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Henry Miller Thursday 7 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Anatoli Zak Hour Two Thursday 7 November 2013 /...
Photo, above: The inimitable Barry Beck, former captain of the New York Rangers, now in Hong Kong to develop the Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey. See Hour 2, Block B, Barry Beck, General Manager, Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com Hour One...
Photo, above: Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night and Firework Night, is an annual commemoration observed on 5 November, primarily in Great Britain. Its history begins with the events of 5 November 1605, when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested while...