The JFK “Head Shot” Paradox* by Jim Fetzerby Ralph Recently by Jim Fetzer: The Place of Probability in Science As a philosopher of science with a keen interest in the nature of scientific knowledge, I have been fascinated by the recent book by G. Paul Chambers, Head Shot: The Science Behind the JFK Assassination (2010). I have found several aspects of his discussion of interest, including his conclusion—that the fatal shot to JFK’s head seen in the Zapruder film…
Category: John F. Kennedy
“The Echo From Dealey Plaza” — an interview with Abraham Bolden
After an outstanding career in law enforcement, Abraham Bolden was appointed by JFK to be the first African American presidential Secret Service agent, where he served with distinction. They met by chance when JFK used the men’s room to which he had been assigned as security. Bolden was a crucial part of a the Secret Service effort that prevented an attempt to assassinate JFK in Chicago, three weeks before Dallas. But the dream quickly turned sour when Bolden found himself regularly subjected to open hostility and blatant racism. More of…
James Douglass, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE
Among the vast number of books that have been written about the death of JFK, perhaps none has been as successful at explaining why he was taken out as James Douglass, JFK AND THE UNSPEAKABLE (2008). This superb volume traces JFK’s evolution from a cold warrior to a man of peace in a gripping, effortlessly readable study of admirable scholarship. In my estimation, this is the single best volume to understand why he died and why it matters. A review of the book that has appeared in Global Research Canada…
Conspiracy Theories: A Triple-Header
The following presentations were presented at the invitation of the Portland 9/11 Truth Alliance and 9/11 Truth Seattle. My hosts, Tim Titrud and Ben Collet, were as gracious and accommodating as they could be. The presentations were well-advertised (www.911truthseattle.org), there were early radio and television interviews, and I had a wonderful time and throughly enjoyed my visits. The audiences were very well-informed and asked excellent questions. All in all, it was a splendid long weekend. What I am providing here may be viewed as updating and refining the positions I…
Dealey Plaza Revisited
Dealey Plaza Revisited: What Happened to JFK?James Fetzer The application of principles of scientific reasoning to the assassination of JFK can contribute to resolving any lingering questions over whether or not he was murdered as the result of a conspiracy. The likelihood L of an hypothesis h, if evidence e were true, is equal to the probability of e, if h were true. The hypotheses are viewed as possible causes of the evidence as effects. This assumes that evidence e includes all of the available relevant data, which may include…
How “Patsies” are Framed–The Case of Lee Harvey Oswald
This is the kind of research that has fallen to private investigators who have assumed the responsibility of pursuing the truth in cases where the official investigations cover it up. Similar techniques of fabricating evidence and framing the innocent were employed in the Lockerbie bombing, Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, the 9/11, Madrid, and 7/7 “terrorist attacks”. If we don’t understand how and why these things are done, we are consigning ourselves to their repetition by powerful forces that act in their own self- interest. JFK was the epitome…
Dealey Plaza Revisited: What Happened to JFK?
This Flash animation complements the last chapter of John D. Williams and Robert G. Waite, John F. Kennedy: History, Memory, Legacy (2009). The chapter Dealey Plaza Revisited: What Happened to JFK?, written by Dr. James H. Fetzer, reviews some of the crucial evidence that shattered the cover-up in the assassination of JFK. Dr. Fetzer, a philosopher of science and public intellectual, is Distinguished McKnight Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Dr. Fetzer has pioneered a novel area of research he has labelled “assassination science”, which involves…
