Photo, above: Grozny, capital of Chechnya, in the middle of the war waged on Chechnya by Moscow. Tsar Nicholas I began the subjugation, murdered 15% of the population; Chchnyans cannot be subdued. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW From a listener, T Loghry: This website is producer of this video http://...
Photo, above: Saint Catherine's Monastery lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of a gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in the city of Saint Catherine in Egypt's South Sinai Governorate. The monastery is Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built between 548 and 565, this monastery is...
Photo, above: North Korean KN-08. Global Security writes, 'Circumstantial evidence had been building up for some years that had begun to suggest to US and South Korean intelligence that North Korea was attempting to develop a semi-mobile ICBM. This information though thin was initially suggested...
Photo, above: The reality of the barbarism. Boston, Monday 15 April 2013. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 16 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, in re: An envelope containing ricin was sent to the Capitol...
Photo, above: Explosions on Boylston Street, Boston, today. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 15 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re: Monday 15 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: continued. Lashkar-e-...
Photo, above: Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798; by Thomas Luny (1759-1837); see: Hour 1, Block C: Legacy of Leadership: Lessons from Admiral Lord Nelson, by Joseph F. Callo JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 14 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Rawhide Down: The Near Assassination of Ronald...
Painting, above: During the American revolution, 1780, as General Marion and the men of his brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River basins in South Carolina, it's unlikely that they ever thought of how they'd be remembered by future generations. It's even unlikely that...
Photo, above: China's railways ministry has apologised for the high-speed train accident on 23 July near Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Photograph: Str/AFP/Getty Images [Note: Trains crashed, trestle failed, train cars fell, hundreds died – and the PRC top leadership was so alarmed that it had some...
Photo, above: Azerbaijan; see: Hour 2, Block C: Brenda Shaffer JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Hour One Thursday 11 April 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Andrew Leigh,, Australia, Federal Member from Fraser;...
Photo, above: a puppet prince. See: Hour 2, Block C, Steve Herman, VOA News, Seoul, anent Eun's unacceptable and belligerent remarks JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com; David Livingston, The Space Show; Patrick Chovanec, Managing Director and Chief Strategist at Silvercrest...