Must admit: There was a period during my high school days
when I was at least slightly agnostic while weighing the official verdict of
the Warren Commission against all the alternative explanations and
conspiracies. But that was a long time ago. Today I believe, as I have believed
for decades, that it was Lee Harvey Oswald, and only Lee Harvey Oswald, who
fired the shots that changed the world on Nov. 22, 1963.
Yes, I know there are many people — some of them apparently
quite reasonable and intelligent, and doubtless worthy of respect — who believe
otherwise. They believe that some group or groups of nefarious individuals — rogue CIA operatives, Castro-directed hit men, agents of the
military-industrial complex, whatever — colluded to plot and commit the crime
of the 20th century, perhaps with, but more likely without, Oswald serving as
either willing participant or luckless patsy.
But I seriously doubt any conspiracy of the size and sort
that such an enterprise would have required could have remained a secret this
long. To be blunt, if not crass: By now, somebody, anybody, involved in such a
conspiracy surely would have popped up on Fox News or MSNBC or the New York
Times Best Seller List or all of the above. If, of course, that conspiracy
actually existed.
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