Commission and most of the staff or lawyers. But the point is that lawyers need evidence in order to shake their thinking and reach conclusions and there were only two bullets that seemingly hit anyone in the car and so the trajectory was carefully measured in one way by the one commission and the select committee of the house adapted a much more creative way of figuring out the trajectory in 1978 and they also pinpointed the southeastern corner of the depository and this was a trajectory that was down. So we did the main collaboration with the secret service and the cia collaborating and you could see that positions of the bodies were such that a shot going downward had hit something in the car and it was a simpleminded question that we kept asking until finally the possible answer was a single bullet to the damage and we have experts in the u. S. Army who could conduct experiments, excuse the impact using the animal flesh, which directory it had on the president , what it would have
Preparation for the opening of these museums or, excuse me, for these restaurants the original neon sign for mintons mayhouse was taken off and given to the play mouths was taken off and given to the yet to be opened africanamerican museum at the smithsonian. And i would just like to ask both of you if you really seriously think that harlem can avoid becoming a praise where the schomburg a place where the schomburg is sort of like a synagogue in china town. [laughter] real. Yeah, thats very real. Michael, ive heard you express that before, and i think its absolutely something anyone who cares needs to have their eye trained on. I also think as long as there are black people in the streets of harlem and im just hike, even as i say that, all these encounters i overhear and pass through and cross through in the most amazing poetic ways, like that is its own space making. And i have my own inner debate about, you know, i had a conversation with a friend about the we were looking at the ren
Author of big, hot, cheap and right, and what america can learn from the strange genius of texas. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Im glen, the directer of the school of journalism at the university of texas at austin. I welcome you. Theres two superb authors here to morning to talk about the state of the union where we went wrong. We have 45 minutes, but could spend 45 hours on this. We better get rolling. Ill introduce the writers, ask questions, and i turn it over to you. I want to remind you when the session ends, two authors go to the signing tents, and theres a place to buy copies of the books and take them to the tent and have them signed. Follow us out when we leave. To the left, george packer, staff writer for the new yorker magazine, author of asass sins gate, named one of the ten best books of the year by the New York Times, written two novels and two Nonfiction Books, a play off broadway, and lives this brooklyn, new york, the new book called the unwinding inner hist
Politics and prose fashion, today we present a book dealing with an American History of conspiracies just three days ago the c i a admitted a place known as area 51 does actually exists. Even though they dissolve all knowledge of any aliens, so called conspiracy theorists rejoiced. [laughter] the best way to sum up this book is page 8 where he says hundreds tend to write off political paranoia as a feature of the fringe. They are wrong. The fear of conspiracies has been a potent force across the political spectrum from the colonial era to the president , in the establishment as well as the strain sell all 338 of jesses readable pages lay out in clear, often funny as well often surprising detail how that is still the case includes one presentday but now polk conspiracy that we talked about when waiting that i personally remember made its round everywhere was the folded 20 bill trek right after 9 11. Anyone familiar with that . A few folks, jesse lays it out on page 302, if you fold for
Hi. Go ahead. I would like to ask mr. Ames worth if he knew about the association between jack ruby and the Harvey Oswald. The journalistic colleague of mine, worked for jordan maclennans case. Said that he saw ruby altogether numerous times talking, so sitting with booktv. Still live in centennial i did so you, there is not one visit in person who has come forth with any kind of proof at all. I dont believe. Let me just elaborate on that one moment. I think that in the response to the comment about the commission that we have no more ability to stop the flood of conspiracy. There is an ability to stop reporters reporting incorrectly. And, in fact, he did not try. He is relating what happens. The commission interviewed 560 witnesses. The sworn testimony on these witnesses. They had to evaluate the evidence and reach the conclusion that there was only one assassin and no credible evidence at the time of a conspiracy. The Commission Members had no interest whatsoever in doing anything ot