Photo, left: The madly beautiful and enormous Lake Baikal, in southern Siberia, is among the many places that China's current crop of belligerent leaders hope to seize from Russia one of these days. Baikal is both one of the world's most interesting geological phenomena and perhaps the holiest...
Photo, left: 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio. Steve Moore, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, Heritage Foundation. Hour One Tuesday 3 May 2016 / Hour 1,...
Photo, left: the U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, which Beijing refused to allow to enter the port of Hong Kong. “China said it wouldn't allow the U.S. aircraft carrier John C. Stennis to make a stop in Hong Kong for a long-planned port stay. “The move comes as Beijing and Washington have...
Photo, left: Today is Orthodox Christian Easter. Paschal greeting in Russian: Христóсъ воскрéсе! Reply: Воистину воскресе! (Christ is risen! Indeed He is truly risen!) Greek: Χριστός ανέστη εκ νεκρών, θανάτω θάνατον πατήσας, και τοις εν τοις μνήμασι ζωήν χαρισάμενος. (Christ is risen from the...
Photo, left: Kennedy Space Center, spaceship interior JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 30 April 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar, by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni (1 of 4) Saturday 30 April 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Rome's Last...
Photo, left: Space debris seen from high Earth orbit (HEO). The two main debris fields are the ring of objects in geosynchronous orbit (GEO) and the cloud of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO). JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 29 April 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Jim McTague, Barron’s Washington...
Photo, left: An American national park; see Hour 1, Block C, Terry Anderson, PERC (Bozeman, Montana) and Shawn Regan (PERC, Montana). This photo is of a remote river in Gates of the Arctic Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located in the Gates of the Arctic National Park...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com & Daily Beast. Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show. Hour One Wednesday 27 April 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise,...
Photo, left: Chahbahar auto rally. See Hour 3, Block C, Gregory R. Copley. Chābahār is a city in and capital of Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. It’s a free port on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. Note clashing headlines: “Chabahar port to harbor Chinese industrial...
Photo, left: Hundred-year commemoration of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turkey: at the memorial in Yerevan. “In 2015, Armenians worldwide commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and will pay homage to our 1.5 million martyred ancestors.” Геноцид армян 100 лет. JOHN...