GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in the Roman Empire's Egypt, the bread basket of the Mediterranean, ruled by the imperial genius and endless fatalism of Queen Cleopatra. Also, there is much to ponder in Victor Davis Hanson's 2021 "THE DYING CITIZEN" now that the presidential contest is set with the Californian VPOTUS vs. the New Yorker former…

#OzWatch: Seven-foot tall Kangaroos boxing in the roadway. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://au.news.yahoo.com/epic-fight-between-boxing-kangaroos-034652414.html?guccounter=1 1900 Katoomba NSWBy John Batchelor

#OzWatch: Poms ban sixes at venerated Cricket Club Southwick and Shoreham. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety \\https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/cricket-2024-west-sussex-cricket-club-bans-sixes-reaction-neighbours-complain/news-story/85db19e86fefd25c094dd29d23fdfa07 1858 NSW…

#OzWatch: Why don't Australian snake catchers wear gloves? Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.theage.com.au/national/snake-catcher-saves-telstra-workers-from-scaly-surprise-20240726-p5jwvl.html 1883By John Batchelor

#OzWatch: Sudden Stratospeheric Warming (SSM) in Antarctica -- 50C swing in hours: Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-27/nsw-antarctica-warming-over-50c/104142332 1929, Founding at Perth 1829By John Batchelor

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 8/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 7/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 6/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 5/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 4/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 3/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 2/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

THE WARNING SIGNS WERE WELL RECOGNIZED: 1/8: The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Citizen-Progressive-Globalization-Destroying/dp/154164753X In The Dying Citizen, Hanson outlines the historical forces that led to this crisis. Th…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 8/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 7/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 6/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 5/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 4/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 3/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 2/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

FEMALE COMMAND IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE: 1/8: The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/War-That-Made-Roman-Empire/dp/1982116676 The Battle of Actium had great consequences for the empire. Had Antony and Cleopatra won, the empire’s capital might have moved from Rome to Alexandri…

GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in Scranton Pennsylvania, on North Washington Street, once the home of both the Casey and the Biden family... 1908 Pennsylvania CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #KeystoneReport: Bob Casey and Joe Biden on North Washington avennnue. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburg…

SCOTUS: Court-Packing 2024, Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-court-smacking-plan-reform-term-limits-amendment-ethics-e43d1fed?mod=editorials_article_pos2 1931By John Batchelor

SCOTUS: National Rent Control and Bomber Fleets. Richard Epstein Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/keeping-rental-markets-safe 1888 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

#ITALY:Giorgia Meloni to China. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://www.reuters.com/world/italys-meloni-visit-china-this-week-with-trade-investment-agenda-2024-07-24/ 1700 ROMEBy John Batchelor

#NPT: China tells US to stop deploying. Henry Sokolski, NPEC. https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202407/1316642.shtml 1951 B-36 PEACEMAKERBy John Batchelor

4/8: Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier Hardcover – May 28, 2024 by Robert G. Parkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Heart-American-Darkness-Bewilderment-Frontier/dp/1324091770 We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroi…

3/8: Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier Hardcover – May 28, 2024 by Robert G. Parkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Heart-American-Darkness-Bewilderment-Frontier/dp/1324091770 We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroi…

2/8: Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier Hardcover – May 28, 2024 by Robert G. Parkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Heart-American-Darkness-Bewilderment-Frontier/dp/1324091770 We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroi…

1/8: Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier Hardcover – May 28, 2024 by Robert G. Parkinson (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Heart-American-Darkness-Bewilderment-Frontier/dp/1324091770 We are divided over the history of the United States, and one of the central dividing lines is the frontier. Was it a site of heroi…

WEBB: Carbon Monoxide in a Moon of Uranus. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-carbon-monoxide-detected-on-surface-of-uranuss-moon-ariel-suggests-an-underground-ocean/ 1950By John Batchelor

SPACEX: Cleared for Blast-off. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/spacex-says-it-s-fixed-the-falcon-9-and-will-resume-launches-tomorrow/ar-BB1qHcwJ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/spacex-announces-completion-of-investigation-of-july-11-falcon-9-second-stage-failure/ 1958…

#LANCASTER REPORT: 3.5% OFF FOR CASH. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.ft.com/content/50985749-f817-474e-82a4-428f0ac3f8e2?emailId=2eccbf97-cd46-4be8-bf5e-0ccce7f4ff97&segmentId=2785c52b-1c00-edaa-29be-7452cf90b5a2 1950 ALLENTOWN…

#PacificWatch: #VegasReport: Farewell to the Tropicana and Mirage -- Greetings to MLB and Hard Rock Hotel. @JCBliss https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/tropicana-landowner-confident-in-ballys-as-development-projects-3102754/ 1940 LAS VEGASBy John Batchelor

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Update your website for Disability Act regulations. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.wsj.com/business/entrepreneurship/small-business-web-accessibility-lawsuits-c910f6fb?mod=mhp 1913 GETTYSBURG ENCAMPMENTBy John Batchelor

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Pawnshops in America. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.pawnexpo.com/ 1912 BLACKSMITHBy John Batchelor

#PHILIPPINES: Blinken and Austin to the frontline of the South China sea. Craig Singleton, FDD. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/07/23/us-south-china-sea-philippines-crisis-military-alliance-deterrence/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=dXMtc291dGgtY2hpbmEtc2VhLXBoaWxpcHBpbmVzLWNyaXNpcy1taWxpdGFyeS1hbGxpYW5jZS1kZXRlcnJlbmNl&pid…

#KeystoneReport: Bob Casey and Joe Biden on North Washington avennnue. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3098233/does-casey-have-a-harris-problem/ 1912 PENNSYLVANIABy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #IROQUOIS SIX NATIONS: OHIO RIVER VALLEY: Conversation with historian Robert Parkinson re: his new work, "AMERICAN HEART OF DARKNESS," on the bloody-minded contest between colonials, between tribes, between colonials and the Empire in 18th century America. From a two-hour conversation. More tonight. UNDATED SHAWNEE…

PREVIEW: SIERRA SPACE: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re: the successful test to failure of a module for commercial space company Sierra Space (Dream Chaser) and the path ahead including a sale possibility. Enterprise! More tonight 1954By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: RENT CONTROL: BIDEN: Conversation with colleague Richard Epstein of Hoover re: the rent control reform recommended by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas as well as the general opinion of the Conservatives in the Court on property rights. More tonight. 1904 Old Supreme Court chamberBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: PRC: #SOUTH CHINA SEA: Conversation with colleague Craig Singleton of FDD re: the PLA Navy and Coast Guard bullying and hostility in the South China Sea in order to dominate Manila. More later 1898 Manila BayBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: #NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re PRC CCP demand the US and allies cease deploying nuclear weapons in the Indo-Pacific -- and is to be done? More tonight 1944 Saipan, 1944By John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #POTUS: #KEYSTONE: #CASEY: Conversation with colleague Salena Zito re: the bond between Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and President Joe Biden over the decades -- as they in part grew up on the same North Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA -- and how the decision for VPOTUS Harris affects the Pennsylvania vote. More tonight. 1904 Pittsburg…

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Ukraine where there are rumours of peace in Beijing... 1958 Kim in Beijing CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #UKRAINE> Rumours of Peace in Beijing. Anatol Lieve, Quincy Institute, https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/peace-talks-on-war-in-ukraine-are-impossible-without-russia-and-china-czech-…

#RUSSIA: The China banks slowly cut Moscow out. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/one-of-china-s-largest-state-owned-banks-exits-moscow-exchange/ar-BB1qtWXR 1920 Revolution PosterBy John Batchelor

#CANADA: What to think of Butler, PA tragedy? Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/donald-trump-the-survivor-will-make-a-great-president 1942 zLancaster PABy John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Conspiracy fiction blames Kyiv for Butler, Pa, and it works Ivana Stradner, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/07/23/russia-and-trump-polluting-the-information-space/ undated St. PetersburgBy John Batchelor

#MARKETS: Populism works when you eliminate the crony subsidies, hand-outs bailouts and props. Veronique DeRugy https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/07/24/what-a-real-pro-worker-gop-would-look-like 1940 ChryslerBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Argentina and the rock star president for justice. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentinas-milei-promises-justice-1994-bombing-jewish-community-2024-07-18/ 1936 Buenos Aires…