Photo, above: Dead Sea, Jordan. Deep in the Jordan Valley and 55 km southeast of Amman, is the Dead Sea, one of the most spectacular natural and spiritual landscapes in the whole world. It is the lowest body of water on Earth, the lowest point on earth, and the world's richest source of natural...
Photo, above: The Vikings, 1958, Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Ernest Borgnine. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 25 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Knights of the Sea: The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812 by David Hanna. Saturday 25 January...
Photo, above: Gen. Aliyu Mohamed Gusau, just-appointed Nigerian Defense Minister. See Hour 3, Block C, Gregory Copley, author. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 24 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, in re: Obamacare, the ACA. Reporters across the country have been...
Photo, above: Supernova M82. See Hour 3, Block D, Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & Opinion Journal (1PM Eastern daily) . Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour One Thursday 23 January 2014 / Hour 1,...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com. Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show. Hour One Wednesday 22 January 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Walter Lohman, Director of Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, in re: China bursts back as an imperial power:...
Photo, above: Where Were the Old Testament Kings of Ancient Jerusalem Buried? Nearly a century ago, the French archaeologist Raymond Weill excavated what he identified to be tombs in Jerusalem’s City of David—perhaps the royal necropolis of the earliest Old Testament kings. Some scholars have...
Photo, above: Bangui citizens seek safety at airport. In the Central African Republic, residents in Bangui flee violence by ex-rebel fighters by heading to the airport. See Hour 2, Block C, Adam Nossiter, NYT, in Bangui. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, "recovering Congressbum"...
Picture, above: Himalayan big cat fossil is oldest ever found Researchers working in the Himalayan Mountains have unearthed a treasure trove of fossils, including what is now the oldest 'big cat' fossil ever found. All cats — big and small — have been traced back by genetics to a common ancestor...
Photo, above: A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Lebanese restaurant frequented by foreigners in central Kabul late Friday 17 January, while two other bombers managed to get inside the restaurant and opened fire at the guests, killing 21 including 13 foreigners, according to officials. Two...
Fashoda Incident, or "Fashoda Crisis" (1898), was the climax of imperial territorial disputes between Britain and France in Eastern Africa. A French expedition to Fashoda on the White Nile sought to gain control of the Nile River and thereby exclude Britain from the Sudan, and possibly force the...