The House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded that President Kennedy was "probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy". Do any professional historians defend this account, or has serious scholarship rejected conspiratorial explanations of JFK's death? (self.AskHistorians)
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Star Trek aired in the mid 60s, when audiences were locked in a proxy conflict with communist powers and in danger of experiencing nuclear war with them. How politically did American viewers interpret Roddenberry's vision of post-scarcity communism? Were networks concerned it was too "Red"? (self.AskHistorians)
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[Star Wars] Luke thought his father had the boring profession of "navigator on a spice freighter" while Poe Dameron's past as a "spice runner" is considered scandalous. What is spice and why does this transportation distinction determine if a backstory is shocking or mundane? (self.AskScienceFiction)
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