Hey, BTers. I know several of you live out here on the Left Coast, and I wanted to invite you to come here me speak on a panel with Oliver Stone and James Douglass, moderated by Daniel Ellsberg’s son Robert, about Douglass’ excellent book on JFK’s life and death, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why he died and why it matters.
Douglass’ book was first published by a small Catholic press, but it was so popular that Simon and Schuster decided to publish an updated version.
And no wonder. It’s written with heart, grace, skill, and attention to relevant, as opposed to irrelevant or distracting, detail. So much of the JFK literature focuses on minutiae, or repeats bad information that has poisoned the record for too long. Douglass managed to navigate the waters beautifully, and was kind enough to acknowledge the work of myself, Jim DiEugenio and others at the former Probe magazine, put out by Citizens for Truth about the Kennedy Assassination, as having provided the beacon for him to follow.
If you’re only going to read one book on the JFK case, this is the one. And if you don’t believe that, come hear us speak at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, November 8 (the 50th anniversary of Kennedy’s election), at 7:30 p.m.
Details and a link to get tickets can be found here: http://www.americanvoicesbeverlyhills.com/
If you do come, please come up and introduce yourself afterwards. I’ve met very few of you in person, and would like to meet many more!
