Photo, above: When Nelson Mandela turned 95 he also marked 15 years of marriage to Graça Machel. .. .. .. During the last six weeks Machel kept a near round-the-clock vigil at her husband's hospital bedside, leaving to attend Mandela's charity events or visit their Johannesburg home. But then...
Photo, above: November 2012: Zhou Yongkang stresses developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. See: Hour 2, Block A, Bruce Bechtol, and subsequent segments. BUSTED: Zhou Yongkang is a retired senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who served on the 17th Politburo Standing...
Photo, above: File photo of Islamic Jihad members in Gaza preparing to launch rockets (photo credit: CC BY-SA Amir Farshad Ebrahimi JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 3 December 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, The...
Photo, above: Logo of the Islamic Front in Syria. Islamic Front endorses jihad, says 'the Muhajireen are our brothers'. See Hour 1, Block A, Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, on Chechens' pledging allegiance to al Baghdadi: formalize the...
Photo, above: Cato (right) and his daughter, Porcia, who married Brutus, one of Caesar’s assassins (see Hour 3, Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni). Cato the Younger was a Roman political figure whose opposition to Pompey and...
Photo above: Ca Tru singing - an Intangible Cultural Heritage Site of Vietnam JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 30 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Six Essential Elements of Leadership: Marine Corps Wisdom of a Medal of Honor Recipient... by Wesley L. Fox (1 of 4) Saturday 30 November 2013...
Photo, above: War of 1812 (cartoon from 1813) A BOXING MATCH, or Another Bloody Nose for JOHN BULL Stop, stop brother Jonathan, or I shall fall with the loss of blood. I thought to have been too heavy for you – But I must acknowledge your superior skill. – Two blows to my one! And so well...
Photo, above: Benjamin West's painting (in 1771) of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenape. See Hour 2, Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty by John M Barry JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Thursday 28 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: A...
Photo, above: Coolidge homestead in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. See Hour 3, Block B, Abigail Millard, Coolidge Foundation prizewinner JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Wednesday 27 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Scott Harold, Associate Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation based in Hong Kong...
Photo, above: 650 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan: seat of the criminal empire built by the Alavi Foundation, the Supreme Leader's money-laundering op in the US from which funds flowed into the Iranian nuclear program. The U.S. government is set to seize a Manhattan skyscraper that prosecutors say is...