It is finally 2013, and the basics have changed slightly. Instead of the immediate questions being, "Well, who did it?" or, "Will the government ever release the complete files?" the focus has changed.

The question now is even more basic: Has it really been fifty years? For some readers, the question cannot be answered, because they were not yet born when the shots were fired in Dealey Plaza—like some of the people the FBI interviewed who knew Ruby in the 1930s but knew of no connection between him and Lee Oswald.

For others, fifty years is still a long time,and while it is at least a large chunk of their lifetime, it's not the virtual totality.

As might be expected, I fall somewhere in the middle between those two groups.

In 1963, a junior in high school was approached by a total stranger and made aware of the horrible news coming out of Dallas. Fifty years of studying and three years of Social Security later, the news is still horrible, and the questions that opened this commentary still remain.

Will those questions still exist in another fifty years? I won't know, but I think some of the facade that has surrounded the event will be chipped away, and I want very much to believe that the Chronology, now in its final year, will pose a challenge for ongoing research and hopefully be powerful enough, in its data, in its analysis, and in its tentative conclusions, that it will drive riff-raff research underground and allow future works to be based on solid research.

With respect to the Chronology, it is being edited and indexed. For those of you that have never indexed 32,000 pages, I can assure you it is something you do not want to do. Compared to that, kissing Marguerite Oswald on the lips—after you have asked HER for money—would be more fun.

And not for nothing, but as of today (2/24/13)the index to the Chronology has reached 1,800 pages in length.

Who knew??

In the last JFK/DPQ mentioned the indexing of Book I, which included everything up to 11:59 p.m., CST, on November 21, 1963.

The following "book" covers just three days—November 22, 23 and 24, and took seven weeks to index, or just over two weeks per day.

What followed began with November 25, 1963, the day of the three funerals, and it goes forth until the circus clowns released their Report in September, 1964.

But the clowns really didn't get noticed under the big top until early 1964, and as a result, the most significant (and that word is a stretch) events between November 25, 1963 and January 1, 1964, are the hundreds upon hundreds of FBI interviews which, for the most part, give new meaning to the word "irrelevant."

They, too, took about seven weeks and I had to lash myself to my desk, simply because every interview involved the name of the deponent, the names of the FBI agents who went through the motions, and collateral names that were mentioned by the deponents.

Rare was the day when something resembling a spark of valuable data was discovered, but when all those interviews are placed side by side, the process became clear: interview everyone under the sun, and eventually, you will compile enough drivel to fill 26 volumes.

The American people, with neither inclination nor means to read those tomes, would, however, be visually impressed every time the Warren Commission's verdict was challenged, because after all, nobody could compile that much information and be wrong.

I hope the FBI remembers that postulate when they realize that the Chronology is 15,000 pages longer than the 26 volumes.

Somewhere further along, in this issue or what follows, some thoughts about those interviews will become a focus.

Bring your sense of humor, because if the lunacy of those interviews does not make you laugh, it will most assuredly make you cry.

In the next issue of the JFK/DPQ, there will be a flyer that will explain which subscribers have already paid for the Chronology, what can be done for those who would still like to have one, or buy one for a friend at half price, and most importantly, make a donation to the goal of putting 1,000 copies of the Chronology in libraries (you donate, you pick), so that the work of the JFK/DPQ family will hopefully live on, and perhaps for several more decades.

There will also be a questionnaire and it is my fervent hope that every subscriber will read it, respond, and get it back to me in the pre-addressed, stamped envelope that will arrive with that issue.

I would hope that the thankyous for the purchases, donations, and the input will be made personally by me, but I know that many of you choose anonymity, and that is understandable.

This year promises, if nothing else, to point toward November 22, with all the inherent velocity of a high-powered rifle.

The future of the JFK/DPQ is still up in the air. It goes without saying that since October, I have been immensely appreciative of the comments along the lines of "But you can't stop now."

Part of the answer to it will be rendered by my eye doctor, and part will be rendered by the support shown for the Chronology.

In a best-case scenario, it would an "e-journal," and instead of having to print, collate, staple, stuff, and mail, I could simply hit "send" and readers could print it, if they so desired, at their end.

More to follow both on the Chronology and the JFK/DPQ in the July 1 issue.