This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: The Nation
November 14, 2018
by David Cortright
The plea is by Notre Dame’s David Cortright.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 13, 2018
In an interview with CHE she talks about the rise and fall of the fact and how women’s intellectual authority is undermined.
Source: Fareed’s Global Briefing
November 13, 2018
by Fareed Zacharia
Monsieur Macron is wrong.
Source: Slate
November 10, 2018
by Stephen J. Pyne
Wide scale logging, Trump’s solution, isn’t the answer.
Source: Al Jazeera
November 10, 2018
The Tel Aviv University historian says the concealment of Palestinian history predates the founding of the country.
Source: The Washington Post
November 9, 2018
by Michael Beschloss
In an op ed in the WaPo he takes dead aim at the president’s legacy of racism and government heavy-handedness.
Source: NYT
November 8, 2018
by Tiya Miles
Even in an unlikely place like Montana, Americans from diverse backgrounds can be compatriots.
Source: NYT
November 9, 2018
So why do the digital elite adore him so?
Source: Haaretz
November 9, 2018
Uri Milstein was a leading military historian until he lauded Rabin’s assassin and was shunned. Now he's making his way back into the mainstream.
Source: Smithsonian
November 6, 2018
Edward Watts argues in a new book that violent rhetoric and disregard for political norms was the beginning of Rome’s end.
Source: The Western Gazette
November 6, 2018
David Norton was found guilty on counts of sexual assault and indecent assault.
Source: news.com.au
November 7, 2018 (accessed)
In a wide-ranging talk the historian speculated that Trump will face Kamala Harris in 2020.
Source: NYT
November 6, 2018
by Margaret O’Mara
In an NYT op ed she calls on the company to support measures that reduce inequality, sustain existing small businesses and protect housing affordability.
Source: Michigan Daily (student newspaper)
November 5, 2018
They signed a petition in the name of academic freedom.
Source: The Canadian Jewish News
November 5, 2018
“Anyone who thinks anti-Semitism in not part of U.S. politics today is in denial.”
Source: The Washington Post
November 5, 2018
by Max Boot
Historian Max Boot cites facts and his own experience in repudiating Trump’s view of refugees.
Source: Vox
November 5, 2018
Michael Beschloss says President Donald Trump is “in a category of his own” among America’s commanders in chief.
Source: NYT
November 5, 2018
by David W. Blight
Douglass said black people had three tools: their voice, their pen and their vote. Today all three are under threat.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
November 2, 2018
Why had Scott held it back? He’s a perfectionist.
Source: Slate
November 1, 2018
Why did geeks embrace him?
