On Saturday, mourners and conspiracy theorists alike converged on Dealey Plaza in Dallas to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Every year this patch
of land in the West End becomes a sort of one-stop shop for
shadowy speculation and bitter discourse.
All the theories and
suppositions are in the same ballpark, and it’s just a matter of which
one you subscribe to. It’s kind of like punk rock. Most of it sounds
the same and all the lyrics deal with familiar themes, but you just have
to find a band that strikes you.
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— Craig Hlavaty
This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2008.
