On September 12, 2001, the day after the fall of the Twin Towers, WABC-AM in New York City recruited John Batchelor to go on the air until Osama bin Laden was either killed or captured. John has been on ever since, offering insightful commentary on such issues as the war on terrorism, the presidency, the national and global economies, and defending our civilization. On March 12, 2003, one week before the attack on Iraq, ABC Radio Networks invited John to bring his expertise to syndication. Since then John has reached out nationwide, focusing his concerns on a world at war.

The John Batchelor Show is an essential tool for understanding the new order in the 21st Century. The world is now facing a dangerous and fanatical enemy determined to destroy Western civilization on both political and military fronts. In this, the first great ideological battle of the new millennium, it is imperative to know the major players and the theaters in which they operate.

The John Batchelor Show features a multitude of distinctive elements. John's themes cover every detail - from military battles, presidential campaigns, planetary exploration, and Hollywood politicos to his own international travel. John has broadcast from many corners of the world and in his program he calls out to all points, including New York, Jerusalem, Des Moines, Kazakhstan, Orlando, Manchester, Morocco, Boston, Taipei, Washington, and Baghdad.

John is a veteran novelist, author of seven political romances as well as a short history of the Republican Party. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1948, John attended Lower Merion High School and Princeton University. In 1976 he was graduated from Union Theological Seminary. John is married and has two children.

TONIGHT: The show begins in Sacramento with the policies endorsed by Governor Gavin Newsom as he prepares hisfuture presidential campaign. From Caracas to NYC to follow the fate of the Venezuelan people, some refugees, some asylum seekers. To Lampedusa

PREVIEW: Hoover's David Davenport comments on how Ronald Reagan advanced the goal of equal opportunity for all citizens -- following the decade long disappointment of Lyndon Johnson's Johnson Great Society.

PREVIEW: Hoover's David Davenport comments on how Ronald Reagan advanced the goal of equal opportunity for all citizens -- following the decade long disappointment of Lyndon Johnson's Johnson Great Society.

1919 Detroit

#Russia: What is the expectation for an EU Tribunal for Putin's War Crimes? Richard Epstein, @HooverInst. (Originally posted December 6, 2022)

#Russia: What is the expectation for an EU Tribunal for Putin's War Crimes? Richard Epstein, @HooverInst. (Originally posted December 6, 2022)

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-seeks-set-up-russian-war-crimes-tribunal-von-der-leyen-2022-11-30/
1850 Rome

#Bestof2022: #Climate: The rhetoric of Climate Justice & What is to be done? Reparations for whom and when? Richard Epstein, @HooverInst. (Originally posted December 6, 2022)

#Bestof2022: #Climate: The rhetoric of Climate Justice & What is to be done? Reparations for whom and when?  Richard Epstein, @HooverInst. (Originally posted December 6, 2022)

https://www.hoover.org/research/upside-down-logic-climate-reparations

1965 Arlantic City

#NuclearPower: Saudi Arabia at the White House. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, NPEC


#NuclearPower: Saudi Arabia at the White House. Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, NPEC

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/27-experts-urge-biden-not-to-allow-saudis-to-enrich-uranium-for-israel-deal/ar-AA1h4uXf

1945 Hiroshima

#Ukraine:GOP turns away. Josh Rogin, Washington Post

#MrMarket: Careful Costco shopping. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

#PacificWatch: Over $7/GALLON in LA County. .@JCBliss


#PacificWatch: Over $7/GALLON in LA County. .@JCBliss
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/09/20/gas-is-rapidly-approaching-6-in-california/

1930 LA

4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author)

4/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by  David Davenport  (Author), Gordon Lloyd  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848

For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here?

1933 VALLEY FORGE

3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by David Davenport (Author), Gordon Lloyd (Author)

3/4: Equality of Opportunity: A Century of Debate Hardcover – by  David Davenport  (Author), Gordon Lloyd  (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Equality-Opportunity-Century-David-Davenport/dp/0817925848

For over one hundred years, Americans have debated what equality of opportunity means and the role of government in ensuring it. Are we born with equality of opportunity, and must we thus preserve our innate legal and political freedoms? Or must it be created through laws and policies that smooth out social or economic inequalities? David Davenport and Gordon Lloyd trace the debate as it has evolved from America's founding into the twentieth century, when the question took on greater prominence. The authors use original sources and historical reinterpretations to revisit three great debates and their implications for the discussions today. First, they imagine the Founders, especially James Madison, arguing the case against the Progressives, particularly Woodrow Wilson. Next are two conspicuous public dialogues: Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's debate around the latter's New Deal; and Ronald Reagan's response to Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty. The conservative-progressive divide in this discussion has persisted, setting the stage for understanding the differing views about equality of opportunity today. The historical debates offer illuminating background for the question: Where do we go from here?

1920 VALLEY FORGE