Possible topics for paper/presentation
(First list, 26 March 2000)
1.
The single-bullet theory in detail.
2.
Jack Ruby—psychology and background. (Was he suitable for participating
in a conspiracy?)
3.
Lee Harvey Oswald—same as for Ruby.
4.
Medical evidence, esp. the head wounds.
5.
Were the photos and X-rays from the autopsy falsified?
6.
Was the Zapruder film altered?
7.
Was Lee Harvey Oswald anybody’s secret agent?
8.
Anthology and critique of conspiracy theories.
9.
The JFK assassination in film.
10. The JFK
assassination in literature.
11. Postmodernism
and the JFK assassination.
12. The
citizen investigator—net positive or negative effect on understanding the JFK
assassination?
13. Was a
sabot used during the assassination?
14. Critique
of the reasoning used in various JFK conspiracy books.
15. Critique
of the reasoning used in various JFK nonconspiracy books.
16. Who
reasons better; conspiracists or nonconspiracists?
17. Conspiracy
theory in general. Is the JFK assassination just a special case of a broad
conspiratorial view of the world?
18. Level of
dialogue in JFK newsgroups and why it gets that way.
19. David
Lifton’s Best Evidence; Feinman’s exposé; Lifton’s responses.
20. How
high-speed missiles interact with body organs (wound ballistics).
21. The early
split in the Left.
22. The debate
between Gerald Posner and Peter Dale Scott (on our web site).
23. Convergence
of patterns of critical thinking between science, law, history, etc.—is there
one best way of interpreting evidence?
24. New
documents released by the ARRB—what do they add to the case?
25. Critiques of individual authors (Posner, Groden, Fonzi, P. D. Scott, Lane,
etc.).
26. Critique of the reasoning behind Oliver Stone's JFK film.
27. Norman Mailer and the JFK assassination.
28. Bertrand Russell and the JFK assassination.
29. Chains of custody of evidence in the JFK assassination: is any of the
evidence valid.
30. J. Edgar Hoover and the JFK assassination.
31. The institutional response to the assassination: what does it tell us about
how Washington agencies function?
32. The mind of the conspiracist vs. the mind of the nonconspiracist.
33. Acoustics and the HSCA.