Deep in the recesses of Donald Trump’s mind sits the answer to the darkest and greatest mystery in American history: who really killed President John F. Kennedy. 

Former Washington Post journalist Jefferson Morley dropped a bombshell today. The author of numerous books and articles on secret histories of the CIA, revealed: “The CIA is hiding something terribly embarrassing, if not incriminating, about its role in the JFK story. In mid-1963, senior Agency officials approved a covert operation that used Lee Harvey Oswald for intelligence purposes, three months before…”

Those of us who were here in New York on 9/11 will never forget. For me it was like it happened yesterday, so seared into memory are the events of that day. For many years I didn't discuss my experience, at least not publically. I didn't want to relive it. But eighteen years have gone by, and there is something cathartic in telling one's story, so here is mine.

Thanks to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on May 13th the Senate voted to allow security services like the FBI and DOJ the ability to read Americans’ web browsing and search histories without a search warrant. Here is how to safeguard your own cybersecurity and privacy from the prying eyes of Big Brother.

Over the years I have occasionally happened upon the legendary Argentinian revolutionary, Ernesto “Che” Guevara—or more accurately, since Che died in 1967, I have happened upon his posthumous image and maybe even spirit. Che is everywhere, from the fronts of t-shirts, to movies and books, to storefronts in remote Mexican coastal towns, as I recently discovered. The following is a story about one of my encounters with Che years ago in Bolivia.

For a few weeks I’ve been relaxing in the Caribbean. While here I also decided to take a vacation from that online circus known as Facebook. It has been a liberating experience so far and has led me to consider getting off of the platform altogether or much more often at least. Here are a few insights into why I finally became fed up with Facebook:

What does humankind’s response to climate change and a hole in the middle of a street intersection have to do with each other? A lot apparently.

On June 12, 1944, a skinny 24-year-old sergeant named Walter Brotman drove a limousine off an amphibious landing craft onto Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. The scene he came upon shocked him. Six days earlier, on what became known as D-Day, the first assault waves of the Allied forces had landed at Omaha and were met with a wall of bullets, mortars, and artillery fire from defending German infantry. The beach was still strewn with burned-out tanks, jeeps, landing crafts, and other paraphernalia of war. The dead were stacked like cordwood in long rows on the sand, each corpse in a body bag or sometimes even hastily covered by a green Army-issued poncho. This is how Sergeant Brotman returned to Europe.

Keansburg is a sleepy beach town on the New Jersey shoreline. Its mayor is Thomas Foley. As of last census count, it has a population of roughly 10,000, out of which 5,435 bother to vote--26.3% Democrat, 13.7 Republican, and 60% “Unaffiliated.” It contains four schools in its district. Entertainment and attractions consist mainly of a water park, a small amusement park, and the town’s boardwalk and beach.

October 11, 2002 was the day I stopped affiliating myself with the Democratic Party. That was the day Hillary Clinton and many other Democratic senators joined with their Republican counterparts in voting to authorize the Iraq War, the greatest foreign policy catastrophe since the Vietnam War. From that day forward I was an Independent.

Earlier today I saw an article featured prominently on the New York Times website called "Who Won the Debate? Hillary Clinton Is Given the Edge." The Times is of course referring to the debate that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders had in Flint, Michigan last night. I would have to say that this article is a prime example of what is sometimes called the "manufacturing of consent" by the American media.

In 2011 I interviewed a Lieutenant-Colonel in American Military Intelligence. What he told me confirmed what my research had already uncovered: that American intelligence knew a great deal more about Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, before November 22, 1963, than they have ever publicly admited. This is the story of how lost opportunities, and a massive intelligence failure, resulted in one of the greatest tragedies in American history--the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

It's the end of an era. After more than 10 years of landlord harassment to try and evict my roommate and I from our rent-controlled apartment on the Upper West Side, using every legal trick and lie you can think of, the scumbags have succeeded. We have till Dec 14th to move out. 

Small, portable laptops--a.k.a netbooks--have been around for years now. The Acer line especially was popular in the beginning of this trend toward the "mobile office" lifestyle. Then along came Apple's iPad. It was the first true consumer tablet to really take off and catch on. The only problem is it lacked a physical keyboard on which to type. 

Ray was not only a great writer; he was a great man with the greatest of hearts--and I want the world, and posterity, to know what he did for me.

Opening this week, at Tribeca Cinemas, is the Architecture and Design Film Festival. Running for its third consecutive year, the festival promises to showcase some amazing films from around the world, as well as engaging panel discussions involving leading architects, designers, and filmmakers. Travelers looking for something interesting to do for the next four days should hop down to Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick Street) and partake in the festivities.

If you are looking for something to do tonight, help kick off Hispanic Heritage Month by checking out 

Vision & Emotion, the first Latin American group art show of its kind in Long Island City.

Hosted at the Diego Salazar Art Gallery (21-25 44th Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101), the show will feature award-winning artists whose work is in permanent collection at MoMa and the Guggenheim. Dozens of emerging artists from the New York area will also showcase their work.