Hamsher, Moulitsas, Marshall: State of Denial
By not referencing the Smith piece, Hamsher can keep her readers misinformed and thereby attack Kennedy on false pretenses, replies Jim DiEugenio.
The Caroline Aftermath: The Blogosphere Defines Itself, and it's Not a Pretty Picture
A family that was good enough for the likes of Cesar Chavez and Martin Luther King isn't good enough for Jane Hamsher and Markos Moulitsas. And, in lockstep, their unthinking followers write fake letters to the New York Times, writes Jim DiEugenio.
An Open Letter to Jane Hamsher and Markos Moulitsas re: Caroline Kennedy and "Dynasties"
Jim DiEugenio excoriates these figures from the progressive blogosphere for their treatment of Caroline Kennedy's interest in the open Democratic Senate seat of Hillary Clinton.
The Passing of George Michael Evica
The arresting religious-intelligence phenomenon that formed the focus of Evica's final work relates not just to Oswald, but other figures in the assassination landscape, like Ruth and Michael Paine, and Ruth Kloepfer. It had been ignored for too long and it took Evica to open up the issue, writes Jim DiEugenio.
The Kennedy Assassination: Was There a Conspiracy?
Time magazine ran this short piece with David Talbot arguing for and Vincent Bugliosi against.
Oswald "had no time to fire all Kennedy bullets"
In fresh tests of the Mannlicher-Carcano bolt-action weapon, supervised by the Italian army, it was found to be impossible for even an accomplished marksman to fire the shots quickly enough.
Castro blasts CIA over spy papers
Castro says Lee Harvey Oswald could not have acted alone in killing the president.
HBO, Playtone plan JFK miniseries: Hanks, Paxton set to produce "History"
Early article on the Hanks/Playtone miniseries project.
Scientists Cast Doubt on Kennedy Bullet Analysis
News reprint from the Washington Post about scientific studies which undermine the reliability of bullet lead analysis as proof of the single bullet theory.
Author Shaped Lens for Viewing U.S. History
Arthur Schlesinger obituary, with additional remarks.
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E. Howard Hunt Dies
Compiled from various press reports.
CIA Helped Bush Senior In Oil Venture
Freshly uncovered memos contend that Bush maintained a close personal and business relationship for decades with a CIA staff employee who, according to those CIA documents, was instrumental in the establishment of Bush's oil venture, Zapata, in the early 1950s, and who would later accompany Bush to Vietnam as a "cleared and witting commercial asset" of the agency.
Gerald Ford Dies
It is worth remembering that Gerald Ford's legacy also includes vetoing a bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act, reportedly at the urging of Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, and Dick Cheney and Antonin Scalia, writes John Kelin.
Elegy for Philip Melanson
Looking at the totality of Philip Melanson's work (and I am leaving out some of it), there are very few people who contributed as much or as at the high level that he did, writes Jim DiEugenio.
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