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...
Photo, above: Tonto and the Lone Ranger. Tonto was played by a Canadian Mohawk First Nations actor born on the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, near Brantford, Ontario, Canada, one of eleven children of a Canadian Mohawk tribal chief and military officer, Major George Smith. He took...
Photo, above: Gordon Chang entertains the prospect of buying a new car, thinks of Volvo – now owned by Chinese Communist Party officials – and elects to buy a Chevy Cruze. " I've just bought a Chevy and am really happy with it." (Hour 2, Block A) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts; Gordon Chang,...
Photo, above: The Great Peterhof Palace - Peter the Great's Summer Palace (also called Petrodvorets) - which is situated 18 miles west of St Petersburg, is a series of palaces and gardens. The Great Cascade is composed of three waterfalls, 64 fountains, and 37 garden fountains; all are entirely...