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...
Photo, above: Rebecca West, H G Wells, and his feminine retinue JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One (left) BAIKAL vodka with the real Lake Baikal as backdrop Saturday 7 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough (1 of 4) Saturday 7...
Photo, above: Woodrow Wilson Goes to Europe to Save Civilization for Democracy, 1919. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 6 September 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Amos Guiora, law professor; co-dir, Center for Global Justice, University of Utah, in re: Humanitarian Crisis, Geo-politics and the Dilemma...