JFK Jr. • A Warning About Conspiracy Theories
Nov 22, 2021 This is a cautionary tale about too easily accepting assertions and rumors as fact. The story starts exactly 58 years ago today, when I was a senior in Lenape High School in New Jersey listening to the announcement that President Kennedy had been shot. A few days later, I drove with friends to Washington to attend the funeral procession. Seeing the cortege with my fallen president’s casket pass by was an unforgettable emotional experience. When I returned home, I was so moved by the famous photograph of JFK Jr. saluting his father, that I painted a watercolor version of it: The following year, I was lucky enough to win a Navy scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to study physics. I spent almost four years training on active duty and in school. In a Midshipman fight program, I had gotten as far as…
About Me • KIM WATKINSON
I grew up in Japan, where I was a teenage actress with a recurring role on a popular television series. After I graduated from UCLA, I acted in a number of American films and commercials. I’m currently performing the English voice of the character Aya for the FineDay Academy, and will soon do the Japanese soon. I also have a blog, NinjaBaker.com, where I create a bridge of cultural understanding between Japan and the USA with food and travel posts. For Japanese interested in living and traveling in the United States, I write articles in Japanese for America-Traveling.com. And I do these short educational videos in Japanese about common American English phrases. For those wanting additional help with English, I tutor online (with Skype or Zoom) at Cafetalk. You can see articles in English that I’ve written for other websites and magazines here. In the business world, I work as…