‘The truth about Amelia Earhart’
Laurie Gwen Shapiro at The Atlantic
Donald Trump ordered his administration to “declassify and release all government records related to Amelia Earhart,” but “underlying all these tales is the idea that Washington concealed the truth, a narrative that has never withstood serious scrutiny,” says Laurie Gwen Shapiro. Conspiracies “promise a more dramatic ending — espionage, capture, reinvention — and mystery sells far better than tragedy.” We “owe Earhart something better: to remember the life she led, not just the myth she left behind.”
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Rohit Chopra at Foreign Policy
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Andy Keller at The Dallas Morning News
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