First licks in politics, first place in history
If you have not yet read James Douglass’s JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, do …
Tag Archives: Warren Commission
Who moves first?
The mathematician and philosopher Laplace said that “the weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its …
Why criminals’ motives matter
We want to know why everyone involved with the crime carried it out.
Why you need to ask “Why?”
Here’s an interesting thought about argumentation. To place your faith in something – that is, in order to believe it …
Ben Bradlee dies fifty years after Mary Pinchot Meyer
“The little-known murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer in October, 1964, may well be the connecting tissue binding together some of …
Why he died and why it matters
When the Warren Commission’s report came out on September 24, 1963, TIME’s writers worked thirty-six hours straight to prepare a …
Solution of political crimes: truth vs. untruth
A lot of people might honestly say, no thank you, we don’t actually want the truth. The truth is kind of difficult to bear, it’s destructive, it’s troublesome, and it’s unpredictable. The last thing you want, if you’re comfortable and want to stay that way, is the truth.
“It would be very dangerous to the country”
If I told you what I really know, it would be very dangerous to the country. Our whole political system …
Aim of the 9/11 truth movement
We have to consider for a few moments the stated aim of individuals in the 9/11 truth movement. When people …
Crime in high places
What should we do if we observe a prison camp that imprisons innocent people? That question arose when the United …
Dallas Love Project on the 50th Anniversary
Dallas may think its reputation will never recover, after it hosted President Kennedy, Kennedy’s entourage, and Kennedy’s assassins fifty years …
Make the Evidence Fit the Crime
Arlen “Make-the-evidence-fit-the-crime” Specter died October 2012, at 82. People will praise his long service in the Senate. They’ll speak admiringly …
The Jeffersonian 