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
October 9, 2014
The website for the Pentagon’s Vietnam War anniversary commemoration largely describes a war of valor and honor that would be unrecognizable to many of the Americans who fought in and against it.
Source: WSJ
October 2, 2014
Privately, Pentagon officials say they don’t want a bad name. Army historians note the military is careful with acronyms, noting a couple of rejects including Operation Afghan Freedom (OAF) and Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL).
Source: Popular Science
October 8, 2014
Preserving modern wonders for posterity is the main inititiative of CyArk, a nonprofit that uses 3-D laser scanning to create a digital archive of the world’s cultural heritage sites.
Source: Newsweek
October 9, 2014
by Max Holland
The story is by Max Holland, the well-known Watergate researcher and historian.
Source: The White House
October 8, 2014
"In the era of global decolonization, Native Americans remained colonized. Columbus Day is a painful symbol of that traumatic past."
Source: The Washington Post
October 8, 2014
In 1971, Panetta penned a take down of Richard Nixon & Co.
Source: CBS NewYork
October 8, 2014
A 100-year-old time capsule was opened for the first time Wednesday, providing a glimpse into the past.
Source: International Business Times
October 8, 2014
Cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi depict stencil-like outlines of human hands and local animals and date back to at least 39,900 years ago.
Source: NYT
October 7, 2014
Prominent nonfiction writers are now grappling with how to handle unsettling or controversial material in their books as they try to win over this impressionable new audience.
Source: Press Release -- Hank Sanders
October 6, 2014
In his oral ruling from the bench, Judge W. Troy Massey said that this case follows in the long history and tradition of Americans risking jail to stand up for principles greater than themselves.
Source: Women's eNews
October 3, 2014
"The Decent One" is Israeli filmmaker Vanessa Lapa's remarkable profile of Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Nazi extermination policy and death camps.
Source: WSJ
October 6, 2014
President Obama might find it easier to score some legislative accomplishments with a Congress fully controlled by Republicans.
Source: NYT
October 6, 2014
For Mr. Panetta, the moment that crystallized his frustration with Mr. Obama came when the president made little effort to stop deep automatic budget cuts mandated by the sequester.
Source: The Local Europe
October 2, 2014
Half a sentence uttered 25 years ago on Tuesday by the then West German foreign minister helped catalyze the reunification of Germany.
Source: Gates of Nineveh (blog)
October 8, 2014
The past two months have seen a decrease in the number of reports of sites being destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Source: BBC
October 6, 2014
The Royal Air Force has bombed Iraq before - more than 90 years ago - and that controversial strategy has had a huge impact on modern warfare and the Middle East.
Source: WNYC
October 6, 2014
Decades ago, it was women who pioneered computer programming.
Source: NYT
October 6, 2014
During the Vietnam War, Mr. Branfman made public a secret bombing campaign by the United States and lobbied Congress to stop financing the war.
Source: Seattle Times
October 6, 2014
The Seattle City Council on Monday declared the second Monday in October as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Source: Philly
October 5, 2014
Two students at Bryn Mawr College tacked up a Confederate flag in their dormitory hall and taped a "Mason-Dixon line" across the floor - a move they said was merely a display of their Southern pride.
