Photo, left: Geostrategic theory: Great Game political cartoon from 1878 depicting the Afghan Emir Sher Ali with his "friends," the Russian Bear and British Lion. Another close squeak in the grinding political tectonic plates ‘twixt Mackinder’s Heartland World Island and the “offshore islands...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 8 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Whelan, Hoover; in re: . . . More money has been spent against Rubio, alone. In NH, than has been spent in toto so far against Trump...
Photo, left: Brussels Explosions & Terrorist Attack (full video compilation: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4e6lRyd3oXc/hqdefault.jpg) Mon, November 16, 2015 Belgian Government Admits It Has Lost Control of No-Go Zone The neighborhood of Molenbeek in Brussels has become a jihadist hotspot...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday 7 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board & host of Opinion Journal on WSJ Video; Richard Outzen, Publisher, Independent News,...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 5 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Flight of the Eagle, by Conrad Black (1 of 8) Saturday 5 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Flight of the Eagle, by Conrad Black (2 of 8) Saturday 5 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Flight of the Eagle, by Conrad...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 4 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Daniel Henninger, WSJ WONDER LAND, in re: It's Time for the Speech C-PAC had so many opposing Trump and booing references to him that his campaign decided he couldn't dare to speak there on Saturday...
Photo, left: A view of Kansai International Airport, as an example of an artificial island in intense use An artificial island or man-made island is one constructed by people rather than formed by natural means; these are normally created by expanding existing islets, constructing on existing...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com & Daily Beast. Hour One Wednesday 2 March 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: James Holmes, Naval War College professor of strategy; former surface warfare officer; in re: SecDef warned China not to [misbehave] in the...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday 29 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Tom Joscelyn, FDD; Bill Roggio, FDD; both LongWarJournal; in re: SEALs found 1.5 million documents in bin Laden’s compound’s library...
Photo, left: Albert Camus crowning Stockholm's Lucia on December 13, 1957, three days after accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 28 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two...