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: WSJ
October 15, 2014
Few Schools Mandate Study of Areas Such as Economics or Foreign Languages
Source: Arch Daily
October 17, 2014
Assuming that Congress does approve funding for the memorial, the Eisenhower Memorial Commission is planning to break ground in 2015.
Source: The Daily Beast
October 20, 2014
A famed opera that depicts the real-life murder of an American Jew by Palestinians has enraged hundreds Manhattan’s West Side.
Source: The Hill
October 8, 2014
House champions of legislation to jump-start the creation a women’s history museum in the nation’s capital are upping the pressure on Senate conservatives who are blocking the proposal in the upper chamber.
Source: Media Matters
October 16, 2014
The hosts of Fox News' The Five distorted the history behind the rationale for the U.S. war in Iraq by reshaping an investigative report by the New York Times.
Source: Science Daily
October 21, 2014
Lost for more than 70 years, the discovery of the two vessels, in an area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, is a rare window into a historic military battle and the underwater battlefield landscape of WWII.
Source: TakePart
October 21, 2014
Prehistoric humans moved their communities away from disappearing coasts, but it won’t be so easy for us.
Source: Science Daily
October 20, 2014
These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city of Ephesos.
Source: Boston Globe
October 19, 2014
Three historical sites will host events in the 250th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Weekend of Abigail and John Adams.
Source: Raw Story
October 20, 2014
The results are revealed in a BBC One documentary, “Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered.”
Source: Science Nordic
October 15, 2014
325,000-year-old stone tools go to prove that our forefathers were far better at collaborating and planning than we thought.
Source: France 24
October 17, 2014
"When the priests heard that jihadists were approaching, they threw the manuscripts in a few cars and raced out of there"
Source: NYT
October 18, 2014
Written in conversational language, on everyday topics, the birch-bark documents provide a remarkable human soundtrack to accompany a vast — and still growing — trove of artifacts .
Source: NYT
October 18, 2014
Kiev feels like a Russian city, architecturally and linguistically. But recent months brought subtle changes. The young consider speaking Ukrainian cool. Some older Ukrainians have adopted the attitude that Russia does not own the culture.
Source: NYT
October 17, 2014
A foundation created by a Swiss bank has made off with the profits from the sale of looted art, claim heirs in a lawsuit.
Source: University of Virginia
October 17, 2014 (accessed)
The university is holding a symposium this week.
Source: Historic UK
October 17, 2014 (accessed)
A bizarre industrial accident resulted in the release of a beer tsunami onto the streets around Tottenham Court Road.
Source: Truthout
October 17, 2014
Veterans for Peace (VFP) are upset with the way the Pentagon is commemorating the war.
Source: Pew Research Center
October 15, 2014
In the U.S., the two major political parties seldom give their failed presidential nominees another shot at the brass ring.
Source: The New Republic
October 14, 2014
They already have 32 times the amount of information contained in the Library of Congress
