The man with the white Stetson: James R. Leavelle dies, at age 99

Front page of New York Daily News, Nov. 25, 1963

Mr. Leavelle, a Dallas homicide detective, was one of the officers escorting Lee Harvey Oswald, in 1963, when Oswald was shot by Jack Ruby; the shooting took place.in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters.

Mr. Leavelle is seen at the left of both of the above photographs (wearing a tan suit, and a white Stetson); the top photograph was taken by Jack Beers, of the Dallas Morning News; the bottom photo, which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, was by Bob Jackson, of the Dallas Times Herald.

Mr. Leavelle died on Thursday, at age 99.

Here is an obituary, from the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/james-leavelle-dead.html

Here, too, is an additional post about Mr. Leavelle (and the historic 1963 photographs in which he figured prominently), from my primary blog:

http://andrewleefielding.blogspot.com/2019/08/james-leavelle-dallas-homicide-detective.html

New York Times editorial, about Gov. Jay Inslee:

From August 23rd: "Jay Inslee’s Lonely Campaign for Climate Change Policy."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/opinion/jay-inslee-climate-change.html

Essay from Tablet magazine, after Mr. Trump's comments about American Jews and "disloyalty"

A good piece in Tablet, the online Jewish-oriented publication, from this past Wednesday (Aug. 21st).  It is by Carly Pildis, and is titled "What Donald Trump Will Never Understand About Jews."

https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/290038/what-donald-trump-will-never-understand-about-jews?fbclid=IwAR2-XH3LFgoC0n2pb96eYrCgmqBgRk6fbgFNZ33G-UshI3QjLVx820D-afM

New York Times story: "How the El Paso Killer Echoed the Incendiary Words of Conservative Media Stars"

From the Times, August 11th:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/11/business/media/el-paso-killer-conservative-media.html

August 9,1974

Forty-five years ago today, Richard Nixon's presidency ended.  During a televised speech, the night before, he had announced he would he leaving office the next day. 

From Max Boot, in The Washington Post

Mr. Boot wrote, in an August 4th column: "You will lead our country to destruction, Mr. President, unless you act to curb gun violence — and your own hateful rhetoric."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/04/anything-real-say-about-shootings-mr-president/