Washington Decoded tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1244034 2023-07-11T09:08:54-05:00 Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell, 1946 TypePad Christopher Nolan’s Forthcoming “Oppenheimer” Movie: A Historian's Questions, Worries, and Challenges tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e202c1b259030f200d 2023-07-11T09:08:54-05:00 2023-07-23T13:11:53-05:00 Print By Barton J. Bernstein I think we should not attempt a plan [to develop the weapon for radiological warfare] unless we can poison [enough] food to kill a half a million men. J. Robert Oppenheimer to Enrico Fermi, 25 May... Max Holland The Riddle of Lee Harvey Oswald tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e202b68526ed6f200d 2023-02-11T11:03:00-05:00 2023-02-13T17:46:13-05:00 Print The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee Paul R. Gregory Diversion. 280 pp. $21.80 By Richard A. Reiman There are mysteries about the assassination of President Kennedy, but among those likely to bedevil historians a hundred years after... Max Holland Reality Check tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834523b6869e202af14835637200c 2022-11-11T09:09:09-05:00 2022-11-21T10:26:35-05:00 Print Thinking Critically about the Kennedy Assassination: Debunking the Myths and Conspiracy Theories Michel Jacques Gagné Routledge. 508 pp. $29.95 By Martin J. Kelly Jr. In a world of sensible analysis there is an inverse relationship between analytic knowledge and unwarranted... Max Holland