One of the Great Essays in American History: Crevecoeur’s “What, Then, is this New Man, the American?




NEW! My Narration of Chapter 3, “British North America,” from the Open Source Textbook, “The American Yawp”




Audio Narration of Chapter Two, “Colliding Cultures,” From “The American Yawp,” Narrated by Dr. Rick Reiman




NEW! “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Naval Treaty:” An Audio Narration by Rick Reiman




NEW! An Audio Narration of “World War II,” Chapter 24 from the Free Cultural Resource, “The American Yawp” Textbook




NEW! Audio Narration of “The Great Depression” from the Free Open Educational Resource, “The American Yawp”




NEW! Chapter Seven of “The Warren Report:” Oswald’s Early Life and the Question of Motive




NEW! Summary of Chapter Six of “The Warren Report:” “Investigation Into Possible Conspiracy”




NEW! CHAPTER FIVE of “The Warren Report:” Detention and Death of Oswald




A Question for Gerald Posner and Fred Litwin: Can Informed Speculation Equal Evidence?




NEW! Summary of “The Warren Report’s” CHAPTER THREE: “The Shots from the Texas School Book Depository”




NEW! Warren Report Summary, CHAPTER TWO, “The Assassination”




NEW Series: Chapter Summaries of “The Warren Report:” Chapter 1, “Summary and Conclusions”




A Personal View of the JFK Assassination, 61 Years On




The Book that Destroyed the JFK Conspiracy Theories: Vincent Bugliosi’s “Reclaiming History” (2007)




Why is the JFK Assassination Still Relevant? And Why is the Warren Commission’s Still Strong? Listen to One of My Best




“Moving East to Go West: Oswald’s Twisted Path Pre-Tippit”



Why did Lee Harvey Oswald go east from his boarding house in the aftermath of the JFK assassination, only to go west before his fatal encounter with Police Officer J.D. Tippit on November 22, 1963? The only possible answer was that his plans must have changed, along with his destination, at least temporarily. Ironically, however, his confrontation with Tippit, murderous though it was, may not have changed his destination at all, because he continued his journey west in its wake. An advertisement in the Dallas Morning News, never examined until now, may explain this mystery, as I explain in this episode.


“Assassination and Escape: Oswald’s Actions, 12:30 pm to 1:50 pm, November 22”



We have now arrived at the critical moments.  What happened as the assassination occurred and what do we know of Oswald’s behavior during these most important of minutes? It turns out we know a great deal–so much in fact that we can even infer what was going on in Oswald’s mind on a minute by minute basis.  In this episode, we also speculate about the most mysterious of all questions. Where was Oswald going when he left his boarding house after the assassination? Here we engage in informed speculation, with an emphasis on the word “informed.”