Picture, above: African genius, Gen Alexandre Dumas, the true Count of Monte Cristo. General Alexandre ("Alex") Dumas (25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was the first black general in French history and remains the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a continental European army. He was...
Photo, above: In March 2009, Roberto Martinez-Medina was detained and arrested for not having a driver's license or proof of legal status. Immediately after his arrest, Medina was sent to CCA's (Corrections Corporation of America) Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Less than a month...
Picture, above: Chinese Catholics prepare to defend their Church during the Boxer Rebellion; from historical photos. See: 9:20PM segment with Jillian Kay Melchior on Chinese Communist Party management of the Roman Catholic Church. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal...
Photo, above: In Mali, sanctimonious Islamists in immaculate kuffiyas. By no means are most Tuareg people fond of political Islamism. They're a historically Berber people with a traditionally nomadic pastoralist lifestyle, the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Tuareg...
Picture, above: North Korea launches its rocket JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Lara M Brown, Villanova, in re: http://millercenter.org/ridingthetiger/was-the-presidential-election-a-progressive-win-brown After 2012 Election, Is America Center Left? Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Esme...
Picture, above: Pieter Breughel's famous painting of victims of ergotism JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Apple Inc. plans to create a $304 million campus in Austin, Texas, which will add 3,600 jobs over the next decade, more than doubling its labourforce in the city. The Cupertino, California, customer device...
Photo, above: most revered cliff of Western antiquity, Gibraltar JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Guest-host: Francis Rose, Federal News Radio Co-host: Jim McTague, Barron's Washington Photo, below: wildly vertiginous cliff skywalk, China Sunday 905PM Eastern (605P Pacific): Francis Rose & Jim McTague;...
Photo: Photograph by National Library of Norway, Picture Collection THE RACE BEGINS Norwegians led by Roald Amundsen arrived in Antarctica's Bay of Whales on January 14, 1911. With dog teams, they prepared to race the British to the South Pole. Amundsen's ship, Fram, lent by the renowned Arctic...
Photo, above: Gen Philip Sheridan, in his camp chair during a campaign JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Egyptian army tanks secure the perimeter of the presidential palace while protesters gather chanting anti president Mohammed Morsi slogans, in Cairo, Egypt, on Friday, December 7. (photo credit: AP/Nasser...
Photo, above: gas mask designed to protect against sarin gas, such as Syria is now loading into artillery shells, presumably to be used against its own citizens. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Lara M Brown, Villanova; Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference...