Picture, above: The Blue Jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It is resident through most of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, although western populations may be migratory. Blue Jay fathers are not, in fact, blue; the feather barbs are...
Photo, above: Virginia earthquake, 2011: Cracks in Washington Monument A detail photograph of the north side of the Washington Monument on the National Mall August 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C. It was announced that the Washington Monument would be closed "indefinitely" in the wake of the...
Photo, above: where Hamas hides its rockets in Zeytoun, Gaza: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Monday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time): . Eric Trager, Washington Institute, in re: About 500 Egyptian activists have crossed into Gaza to deliver medical supplies and show support for Palestinians, according...
Graphic, above: The set of all numbers, real and imaginary JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Sunday 905PM Eastern (605P Pacific): The Irrationals: A Story of the Numbers You Can't Count On by Julian Havil; 1 of 4 The insides of this book are as clever and compelling as the subtitle on the cover. Havil, a...
Photo, above: Dong_Ha, Vietnam: Operation Hastings JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75 by George J. Veith; 1 of 4 The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete...
Photo, above: Trucking fleets and the economy. Peterbilt Motors Company is an American manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty Class 5 through Class 8 trucks headquartered in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1939 Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Denton, Texas (1980), and Sainte-Thérèse,...
Graphic, above: the reach of Hamas rockets JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Malcolm Hoenlein Thursday 905P Eastern Time: Aaron Klein, WABC radio, in re: from a bunker under Tel Aviv as Hamas rockets rain to the south. Thursday 920P Eastern Time: Reza Kahlili, author, A Time to Betray, and Larry...
Photo, above: Israeli soldiers recite prayers close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights JOHN BATCHELOR Co-hot: Gordon Chang Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Richard Fisher, Senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and...
Photo, above: Lebanese ladies' Maronite ball. Jill Khawam Kelley is a Maronite Christian married to a surgeon and living in Tampa: a stone's throw from CENTCOM, which sent many important international visitors to dine chez Dr and Mrs Kelley. The couple owe the IRS millions of dollars for a...
Photo, above: the siege of the Alamo. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Monday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time): . The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace by H. W. Brands; 1 of 4 Monday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time): . The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and...