Crimes of assault and social repression
We know only what happens when we keep truth – and desire to know truth – buried in our memory’s buried cache. Then we have only pain without relief.
Tag Archives: Kennedy assassination
Kennedy’s last words
When we let Kennedy’s murderers go, they recreated the country in their own image: a country of bondage, war, and bitter quarrels. To reclaim Kennedy’s vision, reclaim power from the people who killed him.
Methods to evaluate stories
When governments operate in secrecy, trust in government goes down. Rumors circulate about what government is up to.
Sequence of reasoning for crime investigators
For both Dallas and 9/11, the feds produced a guilty party before they determined what happened. They said “Oswald” and “bin Laden” before they resolved basic questions about the crimes.
Who moves first?
The mathematician and philosopher Laplace said that “the weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its …
Thoughts about evidence and urgency
You may say, “Where’s the evidence you refer to frequently? I see a lot of good analysis here, but detailed …
Vindication of skeptics: Part two
Conspiracy theorists regard themselves as skeptics. They see people who accept mainstream or official accounts as credulous. A mirror image …
“What happened?” vs. “Who did it?”
If you want to understand the despair that led to election of a strongman two weeks ago, look back to another leader, executed on a sunny Friday afternoon as he waved from his car.
Vindication of skeptics, part two
When you see or hear phrases like beyond crazy, whacko, or nut job, take a moment to think about why someone would use words like that. Would a person open to different possibilities think that way?
Vindication of skeptics, part one
When you regard people who disagree with you as insane and dangerous, you have stepped into uneasy territory.
Uses of intimidation
If you want to avoid future problems, I suggest you do as I say, make a list of all your documents you got from Bob, send it to me and then return all of these documents to me immediately. Tom Kimmel has told me all about you and I want you to know I won’t hold still for any monkey business from you and if you don’t want the FBI knocking your door down, do as I say.
Who assumes the burden of proof?
How does Infamy differ from other books about Kennedy’s assassination? How does it differ from other arguments about 9/11? These questions suggest that …
