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Kennedy Assassination

Annals of Unsolved Crime: The Oswald Mystery

Edward Jay Epstein | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Communism, John F. Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, Cia, Jack Ruby, President Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Jfk, John F. Kennedy Assassination, Fbi, Cuba, Soviet Union, Politics News
Edward Jay Epstein

The endless tangle of bullets, trajectories, wounds, time sequences and inconsistent testimony that has surrounded the JFK assassination will probably never be satisfactorily resolved.

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Hany Farid, Dartmouth Scientist, Says Controversial Oswald Rifle Photo Real

AP | HOLLY RAMER | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lee Harvey Oswald, Oswald Photo, Hany Farid, Rifle Photo, Kennedy Assassination, Oswald Fake, JFK Assassination Conspiracies, Politics News

CONCORD, N.H. — The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, accordin...

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The Kennedy Assassination: New Details About the Transfer of Power

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 11.03.2009 | Books

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Politics, Lbj, Vice President, Warren Commission, Kennedy, Kennedy Dead, Kennedy Assassination, Jackie Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Jfk, President, JFK Assassination, Books News
Steven M. Gillon

Exactly when did doctors give up their efforts to save Kennedy's life? And when did Lyndon Johnson learn that JFK was dead?

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A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassination Story

Steven M. Gillon | Posted 10.30.2009 | Books

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Steven M. Gillon

A recently declassified oral history by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President Kennedy's military aide on the Dallas trip, sheds new light on the critical hours after the shooting.

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When Will GOP Leaders Denounce the Pyromaniacs?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: 1960s, Faux News, Rightwing Extremists, Lady Bird Johnson, Fox News, Kennedy Assassination, Glenn Beck, Lyndon Johnson, Barry Goldwater, Republican Party, Barack Obama, John Birch Society, Obama Assassination Threat, Extremism, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

The parallels between the hate speech of the early 1960s and today are numerous and disturbing. But there are also important differences. So, where does the Republican leadership stand on playing with matches?

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JFK and the Unspeakable

Oliver Stone | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Celebrities Talk Politics, Jfk and the Unspeakable, Oliver Stone, Jfk, Politics News
Oliver Stone

An extraordinary new book offers the best account I have read of the JFK tragedy and its significance.

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That's the Way It Was

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 08.18.2009 | Media

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Television, Eric Sevareid, David Brinkley, Walter Cronkite, Ted Koppel, Kennedy Assassination, Brooke Astor, Viet Nam, Cbs, Edward R. Murrow, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

I wanted my kids to watch a few examples of what the news was like when I was their age so I put on the clip of Cronkite's coverage of the Kennedy assassination. "Wow", my son said. "That was so quiet and so powerful."

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A New Turn for the Magic Bullet

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Magic Bullet Theory, Warren Commission, Republican Party, Kennedy Assassination, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

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November 22, 1963: Like a Rolling Bolt of Thunder

Don Steinberg | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, 45 Years Since Kennedy Was Assassinated, Kennedy Killing, 45 Years After Kennedy, Kennedy Assassinated, John Kennedy, Kennedy Assassination, Jfk, Politics News
Don Steinberg

It's hard for me to imagine the complete state of shock that gripped the nation -- really the whole world -- when President Kennedy was assassinated 4...

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The Answer To, "Where Were You?" Is Still Crystal Clear

R.T. Eby | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, Oklahoma, Barack Obama, Ft. Sill, Kennedy Assassination, Politics News
R.T. Eby

We had a hard time believing that what we were seeing was real. Yet there it was. The crown prince of Camelot was dead.

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Jason Linkins

Early Show's Smith Bizarrely Hints At Obama Assassination

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harry Smith, Ted Kennedy Endorses Obama, Assassination Obama, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, The Early Show, Kennedy Assassination, Politics News

Senator Ted Kennedy, having endorsed Barack Obama for President, has begun his barnstorming on behalf of the candidate in earnest. This morning found...

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