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/

The podcast "On Mic with Jordan Rich"

Jordan Rich, a terrific radio talk show host, has been heard on Boston radio since the late 1970s. For twenty years, he was the very popular weekend overnight host at the news and talk station WBZ-AM. He retired from his WBZ weekend hosting duties in 2016, but continues to appear on the station--periodically, as a guest host, and, each week, through recorded features (including the food/wine/restaurant-oriented "Connoisseurs Corner").  His decades-long work in voice-overs also continues.

I have known Jordan (about whom I've written previously in this space) for a number of years, have for years listened (with great pleasure) to his radio shows, and have been his guest, on the air, in the past. 

 

As an interviewer, as a conversationalist, he is warm, witty, knowledgeable, insightful.  

 

Since 2017, he's been the host of an excellent podcast, "On Mic with Jordan Rich." On July 21st, the podcast's 100th episode appeared. The programs are recorded at Chart Productions, the audio and video production house, outside of Boston, that he co-owns with broadcaster Ken Carberry. They founded the production facility in 1978. 

 

I was recently interviewed by Jordan for the podcast; it was an enormous pleasure talking with him. We spoke about my book about early television (the revised edition of which was released at the end of January).  

 

Here is a brief promotional video concerning our recent conversation, from the "On Mic" Facebook page: 

 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=690951084677718 

 

Here, too,  is the full interview: 

 

https://onmicwithjordanrich.blubrry.net/2019/07/15/andrew-fielding-099/ 

 

Lastly, here is the "On Mic with Jordan Rich" page, at the Chart Productions website: 

 

http://chartproductions.com/mic-jordan-rich/