The John Batchelor Show

#PACIFICWATCH: RICK CARUSO WALL TO WALL WELL; LA HOMELESS WORSENS; PACIFIC PALISADES AND EATON WITHOUT A PLAN. OLYMPIC TRAIN WRECK. #VEGASREPORT: @JCBLISS 1957

PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE REPORTED; MONEY LOST; VISITOR NUMBERS DECLINED; HOUSING CONTRACTS SLOWING. GAMING FINED; @JCBLISS 1945 LAS VEGAN AIRPORT

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 8/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. 1904 SAN JOSE

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 7/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. 19$)

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 6/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. 1940 PALISADE 

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 5/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reve1920 PALISADE CANYONals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. LA 1917

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION? 4/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. SANTA  BARBARA 1903

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?  3/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. SAN DIEGO 1920

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?  2/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) 1983 Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. PASADENA 1920

HOW WOULD FREE TRADER REAGAN RECOGNIZE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?  1/8 Reagan: His Life and Legend Hardcover – September 10, 2024 by  Max Boot  (Author) 1983 Afghanistan https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-Life-Legend-Max-Boot/dp/0871409445 The story begins not in star-studded Hollywood but in the cradle of the Midwest, small-town Illinois, where Reagan was born in 1911 to Nelle Clyde Wilson, a devoted Disciples of Christ believer, and Jack Reagan, a struggling, alcoholic salesman. Boot vividly creates a portrait of a handsome young man, indeed a much-vaunted lifeguard, whose early successes mirrored those of Horatio Alger. And contextualizing Reagan's life against American history, Boot re-creates the world in which Reagan transitioned from local Iowa sportscaster to budding screen actor. The world of Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1950s would prove significant, not only in Reagan's coming-of-age in such classics as Knute Rockne and Kings Row but during the twilight of his film career, when he played opposite a chimpanzee in Bedtime for Bonzo, and then his eventual emergence as a television host of General Electric Theater, which established his bona fides as one of the leading conservative voices of the time. Indeed, the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained, in which Reagan became a bellwether for a nation in the throes of a generational shift. Reagan's 1980 presidential election augured a shift that continues into this century. Boot writes not as a partisan but as a historian seeking to set the story straight. He explains how Reagan was an ideologue but also a supreme pragmatist who signed pro-abortion and gun control bills as governor, cut deals with Democrats in both Sacramento and Washington, and befriended Mikhail Gorbachev to end the Cold War. A master communicator, Reagan revived America's spirits after the traumas of Vietnam and Watergate. But Boot also shows how Reagan was armored in obliviousness. He traces Reagan's opposition to civil rights over forty years, reveals how he neglected the exploding AIDS epidemic, and details how America experienced a level of income inequality not seen since the Gilded Age. LA 1917

FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 4/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World  by  Eric Jay Dolin  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin―“one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea” (American Heritage)―tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolin describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their eighteen-month ordeal―an all-too-common fate in the Great Age of Sail. 1914  BATTLE

FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 3/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World  by  Eric Jay Dolin  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin―“one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea” (American Heritage)―tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolin describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their eighteen-month ordeal―an all-too-common fate in the Great Age of Sail. 1890

FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 2/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World  by  Eric Jay Dolin  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin―“one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea” (American Heritage)―tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolin describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their eighteen-month ordeal―an all-too-common fate in the Great Age of Sail. `849

FRST TIME THE FALKLANDS ENTERED AMERICAN HISTORY: 1/4: Left for Dead: Shipwreck, Treachery, and Survival at the Edge of the World  by  Eric Jay Dolin  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Left-Dead-Shipwreck-Treachery-Survival/dp/1324093080 In Left for Dead, Eric Jay Dolin―“one of today's finest writers about ships and the sea” (American Heritage)―tells the true story of a wild and fateful encounter between an American sealing vessel, a shipwrecked British brig, and a British warship in the Falkland archipelago during the War of 1812. Fraught with misunderstandings and mistrust, the incident left three British sailors and two Americans, including the captain of the sealer, Charles H. Barnard, abandoned in the barren, windswept, and inhospitable Falklands for a year and a half. With deft narrative skill and unequaled knowledge of the very pith of the seafaring life, Dolin describes in vivid and harrowing detail the increasingly desperate existence of the castaways during their eighteen-month ordeal―an all-too-common fate in the Great Age of Sail. 1839

Preview: Author Eric Jay Dolin, "Left for Dead," reports the quandary for 1812 American sealers confronting an ambitious Royal Navy officer in the end of the known world, the Falklands2848 WINDSOR. More later.

Preview: Author Max Boot, "Reagan His Life and Legend," reports on the bad patch in H1945 west hollywoodollywood when divorced Reagan drifted into libertinism. More later.

Preview: Author Max Boot, "Reagan His Life and Legend," reports the self-worth teenaged lifeguard Reagan gained by rescuing perhaps 75 swimmers. More later. 1980 DETROIT

Preview: Author James Romm of Bard College, "Plato and the Tyrant," comments on the apology for Dion and his revolutionary violence, including political assassination, by both Plato in the 4th century BCE and Plutarch in the 1st century AD.

Preview: Author James Romm of Bard College, "Plato and the Tyrant," describes the powerful city state of Syracuse in the 4th century BCE, stage for Plato's descending to the brutal Dionysian conclusion... More later in June.

Good evening: The show begins in the airports between Harrisburg and Denver in order to weigh the American spending for fear of recession... 1885 CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 Rockies & Back: Consumers Galore. Jim McTague, former Washington editor, Barrons. @mctaguej. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #friendsofhistorydebatingsociety 9:15-9:30 Italy: Meloni the Trump Whisperer meets with Macron. Lorenzo Fiori. 9:30-9:45 #smallbusinessamerica: Uncertainty even in Vegas. @genemarks @guardian @phillyinquirer 9:45-10:00 #smallbusinessamerica: AI Normative. @genemarks @guardian @phillyinquirer SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 SpaceX. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com Multiplanetary Musk. 10:15-10:30 Europa: Active Surface. Bob Zimmerman behindtheblack.com 10:30-10:45 1/2: Trade: Ronald Reagan compared to Donald Trump. David Hebert, Marcus Witcher, Civitas 10:45-11:00 2/2: Trade: Ronald Reagan compared to Donald Trump. David Hebert, Marcus Witcher, Civitas THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 5/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) 11:15-11:30 6/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) 11:30-11:45 7/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) 11:45-12:00 8/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by Toby Wilkinson (Author) FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 1/2: American Civilization. Reviewing James Hunter's Democracy and Solidarity. Bradley C.S. Watson, Hillsdale College. 12:15-12:30 2/2: American Civilization. Reviewing James Hunter's Democracy and Solidarity. Bradley C.S. Watson, Hillsdale College. 12:30-12:45 SCOTUS: Trade and the Constitution. Richard Epstein, Civitas. 12:45-1:00 AM SCOTUS: Chinese Exclusion Act 1882. Richard Epstein, Civitas.

SCOTUS: CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT 1882.  RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS. 1920 DC

SCOTUS: TRADE AND THE CONSTITUTION.  RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS. 1889 SCOTUS

2/2: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. REVIEWING JAMES HUNTER'S DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY. . BRADLEY C.S. WATSON , HILLSDALE COLLEGE. 1863 CHANCELLORSVILLE

1/2: AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. REVIEWING JAMES HUNTER'S DEMOCRACY AND SOLIDARITY. . BRADLEY C.S. WATSON , HILLSDALE COLLEGE. 1871 NEW OLEANS ON SUNDAY

8/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by  Toby Wilkinson  (Author) 1887 CLEOPATRA VII

7/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by  Toby Wilkinson  (Author) PTOLEMY KING OF MAURITANIA

6/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by  Toby Wilkinson  (Author) PTOLEMY VI

5/8: The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra Hardcover – April 8, 2025 by  Toby Wilkinson  (Author) PTOLEMY MAP OF EGYPT https://www.amazon.com/Last-Dynasty-Ancient-Alexander-Cleopatra/dp/1324052031 Alexander the Great and Cleopatra may be two of the most famous figures from the ancient world, but the Egyptian era bookended by their lives―the Ptolemaic period (305–30 BC)―is little known. In The Last Dynasty, New York Times best-selling author Toby Wilkinson unravels the incredible story of this turbulent era, bringing to life three centuries' worth of extraordinary moments and charismatic figures. Macedonian in origin and Greek-speaking, the Ptolemies presided over the final flourishing of pharaonic civilization. Wilkinson describes the extraordinary cultural reach displayed at the height of their power: how they founded new cities, including Alexandria, their great seaside residence and commercial capital; mined gold in the furthest reaches of Nubia; built spectacular new temples that are among the foremost architectural wonders of the Nile Valley; and created a dazzling civilization that produced astonishing works of sculpture, architecture, and literature. Stunningly, he also shows how such expansionist ambitions led to the era's downfall. The Ptolemaic period was a time when ancient Egypt turned its gaze westward―in the process becoming the unwitting handmaid to the inexorable rise of Rome and the consequent loss of Egyptian independence. Featuring a superb blend of first-rate scholarship and evocative narrative history, The Last Dynastyprovides fresh insights into this overlooked period of history and its legacy in shaping the world as we know it.

2/2: TRADE: RONALD REAGAN COMPARED TO DONALD TRUMP. DAVID HEBERT, MARCUS WITCHER, CIVITAS 1980 YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

1/2: TRADE: RONALD REAGAN COMPARED TO DONALD TRUMP. DAVID HEBERT, MARCUS WITCHER, CIVITAS1980 DETROIT REAGAN

EUROPA: ACTIVE SURFACE. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM NOVEMBER 1957

SPACEX; BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM MULTIPLANETARY MUSK.  1953

#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: AI NORMATIVE.  @GENEMARKS  @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER

#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: UNCERTAINTY EVEN IN VEGAS.  @GENEMARKS  @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 1940 LAS VEGAS

ITALY: MELONI THE TRUMP WHISPERER MEETS WITH MACROS. LORENZO FIORI. 1938 ROME

ROCKIES & BACK: CONSUMERS GALORE,   JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ.  AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES."  #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY

Preview: Colleague Gene Marks introduces the Google Gemini translator that can be contained in earpods. More later. AUGUST 1958

Preview: Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson comments on the tirelessly confident twice queen of Egypt, Cleopatra III, 155-101 BCE. More later. 1856 alexandria

Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reports continued investigation as to how Mars lost its presumed thick atmosphere. More later. MAY 1932

Preview: Colleague Jim McTague observes that Ozempic and Kind may account for a drop in food spending and an increase in health spending. More later. 1960

PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE RICHARD EPSTEIN COMMENTS ON THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882 AND THE CURRENT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ORDER TO CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE US ON VISAS. MORE LATER. 1857

PREVIEW: COLLEAGUE DAVID HEBERT AND MARCUS WITCHER ANSWER THE PUZZLE, WOULD RONALD REAGAN REPUBLICAN FREE TRADER RECOGNIZE DONALD TRUMP AS A REPUBLICAN FREE TRADER? MORE LATER.

GOOD EVENING: THE SHOW BEGINS IN UKRAINE AND RUSSIA WITH WAVES OF DRONE STRIKES INCOMING TO TARGET ARMS, TROOPS, INFRASTRUCTURE. 1855 TATARS CRIMEAN WAR. CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY 9:15-9:30 UKRAINE: DRONE ESCALATION. ANATOL LIEVEN, QUINCY 9:30-9:45 PRC: STUDENTS BARRED AND BANNED #SCALAREPORT: CHRIS RIEGEL CEO, SCALA.COM @STRATACACHE 9:45-10:00 DC: MADNESS SHOOTING. CLIFF MAY FDD SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 ISRAEL: INCOMING ATTACK. SARIT ZEHAVI, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:15-10:30 DOHA CASH. JAY SOLOMON, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:30-10:45 IRAN: NUKES. JASON BRODSKY, MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 10:45-11:00 GAZA: FICTIONS. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 CANADA: KING AND QUEEN VISIT. CONRAD BLACK 11:15-11:30 CANADA: PM CARNEY VS ISRAEL. CONRAD BLACK 11:30-11:45 NORTH KOREA: JOB HACKING. MATTHEW HA, FDD 11:45-12:00 ROK: APPEASING CHINA VOTE. GRANT NEWSHAM FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 12:15-12:30 1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON. BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST 12:30-12:45 RUSSIA: BUILDING NUKE POWER FOR PRC ON THE MOON. ANATOLY ZAK 12:45-1:00 AM RUSSIA: DESIGNING LUNAR LANDER. ANATOLY ZAK

RUSSIA: DESIGNING LUNAR LANDER WITH THE PRC.  ANATOLY ZAK 1955 RUSSIANSPACEWEB.COM

RUSSIA: BUILDING NUKE POWER FOR PRC ON THE MOON.  ANATOLY ZAK August 1953 RUSSIANSPACEWEB.COM

2/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST DECEMBER 1956

1/2: #AI/QUANTUM COMPUTING: RISK-ON, BRANDON WEICHERT, NATIONAL INTEREST APRIL 1959

ROK:APPEASING CHINA VOTE, GRANT NEWSHAM 1960

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