Harry Longabaugh “The Sundance Kid” and Etta Place in New York City, circa 1901, just before they sailed to Argentina The Unsolved Bunch! Chances are, you’ve seen the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross. The movie ends with a self-evident question mark. While most historical narratives…… Continue reading The Unsolved Bunch
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Psychological Profiling — The Quiet Ones
“It’s always the quiet ones.” The movie Minority Report makes for comparative commentary here. Originally published in the Gainesville Times, December 6, 1988, Prof. Taylor speaks to the notion of Pre-Crime and a police state where psychological profiling is a practice compelled on all citizens. Oh, and please excuse the typos. I think Dad’s editor…… Continue reading Psychological Profiling — The Quiet Ones
Shroud the Noun, Shroud the Verb
You Want to Believe Of course you do! Thing is, how far are they willing to go to verify facts? Oh, facts … their facts, his facts, her facts, your facts. Facts from experts, facts on experts … One of my favorite quotes from Raiders of the Lost Ark is “Fact, not Truth. If it’s…… Continue reading Shroud the Noun, Shroud the Verb