Graphic, above: A new version of You Are Here. The blue dot in the center is where you're reading this. Laniakea is the galaxy supercluster that's home to the Milky Way, the Solar System and Earth. It was defined in September 2014, when a group of astronomers led by R. Brent Tully of the...
Photo, above: The Celtic Manor golf course in Cardiff where, by amazing happenstance, Pres Obama was invited for a NATO summit. Here, the Twenty Ten course, where the Ryder Cup will be staged. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour One Thursday 4 September...
Photo, above: UKIP party leader Nigel Farage celebrates his local election results with a pint of beer. See two segments, 11:30 to midnight, below. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com. Hour One Wednesday 3 September 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Harry Kazianis, managing editor,...
Photo, above: Mauritius Island. " In the 2014 edition of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom, the U.S. ranked 12th, behind Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Chile, Mauritius, Ireland, Denmark, and Estonia. One of the things that are remarkable...
Cartoon, above: 1939 Chicago Tribune. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 3 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny by Sarah S. Kilborne (1 of 4) Monday 3 February 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: American...
Gouache, above: Rithika Merchant | Doctrine of Signatures, 2013 | 65 x 45 cms | Gouache and Ink on Paper. See: The elegant art of Rithika Merchant at rithikamerchant.com. For the late Medieval viewer, the natural world was vibrant with images of the Deity: 'as above, so below,' a Hermetic...
Map, above: 1493 atlas - Hartmann Schedels Worldchronic JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 30 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: 1493: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, by Charles C Mann (1 of 4) Saturday 30 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: 1493: New Revelations of the Americas...
Painting, above: Hieronymus Bosch illustrates chaos. See Hour 1, Block A, Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 29 August 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Michael Vlahos, Naval War College (1 of 2), in re: • Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sworn in as Turkey's president on...
Photo, above: King Hussein of Jordan with troops. See Hour 3, Block B, Dr. Ronen Bergman, senior correspondent military & intell,, for Yedioth Ahronoth; . . . In Sept 1970, King Hussein of Jordan attacked Palestinian compounds as they were trying to overcome the kingdom, Hafez al Assad sent...
Photo, above: West Point, Monrovia, Liberia. See Hour 3, Block B, Clair MacDougall, Al Jazeera America: CDC Director on Ebola: 'We Are Definitely Not at the Peak' US health official says Ebola has 'upper hand' in W Africa but ... JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com. Dr....