Jim DiEugenio takes a scathing look at the various MSM efforts (in particular that of Time-Life) during the past few months to “keep the lid screwed down tight” on the Pandora’s box of U.S. political assassination in the 60s.

Michael Le Flem reviews a book about reporting on the JFK case by a reporter. The book starts out quite strong and rigorous, but about halfway through it goes off the rails. But the first part is worth reading.

By Kevin G. Hall, at McClatchy DC Bureau

By Jefferson Morley, at Newsweek

By John Greenewald, at The Black Vault

Interview of Rex Bradford, with Jeff Schechtman, for WhoWhatWhy

Was the hero of Jim Douglass' book murdered in 1968?

Read the review of Hugh Turley & David Martin, The Martyrdom of Thomas Merton, by Edward Curtin

In this dense and expertly synthesized review, Jim DiEugenio shows how more recent evidence has caused our understanding of the Tippit murder and its relationship to the assassination to evolve.

Read the press release at: The National Archives

If the bullet wound in John Kennedy’s throat was an entrance, then of course the shot came from the front. But that small hole in the skin, when viewed in relation to the neck’s internal damage, can tell you even more about where that shot came from, writes Milicent Cranor.