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...
Iran declares victory. Photo above: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech to members of the paramilitary Basij force in Tehran, Iran. Office of the Supreme Leader/AP "This interim agreement is badly skewed from America’s perspective. Iran retains its full capacity to...
Photo, above: Chevrolet 1957 JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 24 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Assassins of the Turquoise Palace by Roya Hakakian (1 of 2) Sunday 24 November 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Assassins of the Turquoise Palace by Roya Hakakian (2 of 2) Sunday 24 November 2013 / Hour...
Photos, above: The uniqueness of the ecosystem is the most interesting ecological aspect of the páramos in Ecuador. An estimated 60% of all flora is endemic to the biome (not to be found anywhere else in the world). Tall tussock grasslands in between which grow spectacular plant formations like...