Map, above: Religious groups in Lebanon. Lebanon goes to the polls on June 7 in a legislative election contested by two coalitions whose rivalry has dominated national politics since the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Independent politicians will also run. The two...
Photo, above: Geirangerfjord, Norway. Norway,one of the most magnificently beautiful nations on Earth, historically among the most ethical, now rich from oil, has shamed itself by rudeness to HH the Dalai Lama in a futile effort to kiss the hem of Xi Jinping and the unelected tyrants of Beijing. A...
Photo, above: Roman ditch at Hadrian's Wall; see Hour 4, The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts by Graham Robb JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Tuesday 13 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, in re: Russia fights back Much has been made of...
Engraving, above: Jews in old Ukraine. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR Hour One Monday 12 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance and the Daily Ticker, in re: Dow at 17,000, big-caps flying high, and all other stocks are slumped. The rocket ship is in boring...
Photo, above: "...model 184, 10 Tube Duo-Symphonic, Lafayette Radio & TV Corp; New York; Lafayette 10th Anniversary catalog 1932" JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 11 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry by Gordon Lloyd and David...
Photo, above: Friday 13 April 1945 JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 10 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance by Robert Klara (1 of 4) Saturday 10 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a...
Photo, above: 1893-7: Herbert Hoover (seated, left) and other members of the Stanford surveying squad, 1893. (unknown copyright) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; host of OpinionJournal.com Hour One Friday 10 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Panel of...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board. Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour One Thursday 8 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Josh Rauh, author, Advancing a Free Society ; Stephen Haber, Hoover: Fragile by Design, with Charles...
Photo, above: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & OpinionJournal.com. Hour One Wednesday 7 May 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Lanhee Chen; Hoover; Doug Rivers, Hoover; Bill Whalen, Hoover; in re: Lanhee Chen on Bloomberg Surveillance (Bloomberg...
Photo, above: Gary Stanley Becker (December 2, 1930 – May 3, 2014) received the 1992 Nobel Prize in economic sciences. Becker is credited with pioneering the approach to economics as a study of human behavior. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media...