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The way you define yourself as a writer

  Image by Grok The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything. - John Irving I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues. - Duke Ellington To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle. - Confucius If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. - Henry David Thoreau What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day. - George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion, Act 2 If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy, inaugural address, January 20, 1961 To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it. - G. K. Chesterton Vote early and vote often. - Al...

Who really shot Kennedy?

  Illustrative image created by ChatGPT The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, remains one of the most controversial and enduring mysteries in American history. While the Warren Commission concluded in 1964 that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, firing from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, many people have questioned this finding. Skepticism arose immediately, fueled by inconsistencies, potential motives, and the sudden murder of Oswald by nightclub owner Jack Ruby before he could stand trial. The official version presented by the Warren Commission was that Oswald, a former U.S. Marine with a history of defecting to the Soviet Union, fired three shots at the presidential motorcade. The shots struck Kennedy twice, with the fatal one hitting him in the head. Despite this account, a range of alternative theories quickly emerged, with many suggesting that other parties may have been involved in the assassination. One of the most ...