By Miss Kubelik
Would it be interesting to find out what the American government knew about the disappearance of famed aviator Amelia Earhart? Sure. Earhart's fate is one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, and we care about it — not just for her sake, but also because she took her navigator, Fred Noonan, with her. It would be great to figure out exactly what happened to them.
And as new assessments of Earhart's career have surfaced this year, a reckoning might be in store. It's not that Earhart lacked courage or daring, but perhaps — just perhaps — in trying to set aviation records, she was just a little too reckless, egged on by her carnival-barker husband, George Palmer Putnam.
It's lately been alleged that Putnam, a publicity hound to his core, pushed Earhart to attempt the globe-circling flight on which she met her doom. Funding for such escapades was always tight, so logistical corners were cut and safety measures foregone. There's even some question as to whether Earhart was really the skilled pilot people assumed her to be: Her rough 1937 landing in South Florida, for example — witnessed by Miami Herald reporter Jane Wood Reno (who later had a rather famous daughter) — made a few experienced aviators wonder.
It would also be helpful if we could learn whether the US government truly felt that one of the Earhart rumors was true: that she had crash-landed on a South Pacific atoll and been held captive by the Japanese until she died. Any additional information on our intelligence in the run-up to World War II would be fascinating, to say the least.
However, as much as we're interested in more scoop on Amelia Earhart, here's something that's more important right now: THE EPSTEIN FILES. Sorry, Benedict Donald, but your Earhart feint won't work. We cats HISS.
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