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: NYT
January 12, 2018
On matters of history, Japan and South Korea can never seem to agree to disagree.
Source: NYT
1/12/18
The words were a Twitter-era detonation of an attitude that once before shaped American immigration policy.
Source: WaPo
1/12/18
The president joins a long line of men whose filthy and occasionally extremely creative use of the more vulgar parts of the English language would make Mitt Romney blush.
Source: Western Journal
January 11, 2018
Everything will be digitized.
Source: NYT
January 10, 2018
The idea, proposed by Sawsan Chebli, a Berlin state legislator of Palestinian heritage, received a significant boost on Wednesday when the leaders of Germany’s Central Council of Jews and the far larger World Jewish Congress agreed with her.
Source: The Conversation
January 11, 2018
By correcting these 10 myths of the great influenza pandemic of 1918, we can better understand what actually happened and learn how to prevent and mitigate such disasters in the future.
Source: Newsweek
January 11, 2018
The data published last week by the Pew Research Center shows that Islam will surpass Judaism as the second biggest religion in the country, behind Christianity, within two decades.
Source: History channel
January 10, 2018
The explanation? Medieval churches used witch hunts to gain more followers.
Source: The Guardian
January 10, 2018
“It amused me and part of me thought, can people really be that dumb to be confusing these books?” Randall Hanson, the author of “Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945” told the Guardian.
Source: FiveThirtyEight
January 10, 2018
by Nate Silver
It may be the worst Senate map that any party has faced ever.
Source: Newsweek
January 9, 2018
President Donald Trump and Jews: Oy, it's complicated.
Source: WBIR
1/9/18
Why do people care about Dixie (the word) anyway? And what does it mean?
Source: The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
December 22, 2017
But the Japaneze government is actively denying the history of Korean mistreatment there.
Source: The Washington Times
January 8, 2018
The Obama Presidential Center will not provide the “promised development or economic benefits” to surrounding neighborhoods, the professors write and could cost more than $100 million in state funds.
Source: CNN
January 8, 2018
There is a renewed question asking why the most powerful man in the world is not required to pass a thorough mental health exam.
Source: History channel
January 8, 2018
Thanks to journalist-turned activist Lin Farley and the consciousness-raising efforts of the 1970s women’s movement, the newly coined term would not just help women give voice to their experiences: It would change U.S. law and life in the workplace.
Source: WaPo
January 9, 2018
“It’s worse than you can imagine. Trump won’t read anything — not one-page memos, not the brief policy papers, nothing.”
Source: NYT
January 8, 2018
His approval ratings reflect political weakness despite good news on several fronts.
Source: NYT
January 6, 2018
Proponents of constitutional monarchies argue they offer stability, and a study shows some possible economic advantages. Critics are far from convinced.
Source: The Boston Globe
January 7, 2018
Obama’s popularity is rising even as Trump is president.
