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 Chronicle of Higher Education
August 6, 2014
For the sake of the U.S. Department of Education, if only it were still this easy.
Source: NYT
August 6, 2014
More than 1.7 million people died under Khmer Rouge rule between 1975 and 1979.
Source: The Daily Beast
August 6, 2014
As city rents skyrocket and small businesses close to be replaced by chain cafes and glass condos, Jeremiah Moss’s blog, Vanishing New York, keeps a rueful eye on the ‘progress.’
Source: Huffington Post
August 6, 2014
Were scientists all wrong about prehistoric "hobbits?"
Source: Daily Beast
August 5, 2014
As the generation that survived the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki begins to pass, the grandson of President Truman works to end the threat of nuclear weapons.
Source: The Washington Post
August 6, 2014
The factor that really influences whether people think the elections are fair? Whether their preferred candidates win.
Source: AP
August 5, 2014
The complete remains, which had been kept in a coffin-like box, were missing documentation until researchers recently began digitizing the museum's collection from an expedition to Ur, an ancient city near modern-day Nasiriyah.
Source: AFP
August 6, 2014
The Islamic State group Tuesday defended its destruction of religious sites in the Iraqi city of Mosul on the grounds that the use of mosques built on graves amounted to idolatry.
Source: Global Post
July 31, 2014
Afghanistan is the biggest reconstruction project the US has ever undertaken, consuming more than $104 billion so far.
Source: Arab News
August 5, 2014
“The first thing that makes this find significant is that it is a mixed text, known as Nabatean Arabic, the first stage of Arabic writing.”
Source: National Geographic
July 28, 2014
Horses, dogs, pigeons—even glowworms—were crucial participants in the war to end all wars.
Source: NYT
August 3, 2014
Memorial Plan Called a ‘Five-Star Folly’
Source: Inside Higher Ed
August 4, 2014
To most University of Mississippi students and alumni, calling the institution "Ole Miss" is just natural. But not everyone likes the name.
Source: Colossal
August 31, 2014
To commemorate the centennial of Britain’s involvement in the First World War, ceramic artistPaul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper conceived of a staggering installation of ceramic poppies planted in the famous dry moat around the Tower of London.
Source: NYT
August 2, 2014
The pilgrims tramped toward the storied monastery by the thousands — chanting prayers, singing and embracing the kind of nationalist fervor that President Vladimir V. Putin seeks to harness as his own.
Source: NYT
August 1, 2014
Siegfried Sassoon’s World War I Diaries Are Published Online
Source: The Washington Post
August 1, 2014
He made the comment reportedly during a Sept. 10 meeting with business leaders in Australia.
Source: Huffington Post
July 30, 2014
In July 2010 construction workers halted the backhoes when they uncovered something unexpected just south of where the Twin Towers once stood.
Source: NYT
July 27, 2014
by Robert Dallek
A review of Dean's new book, "The Nixon Defense."
Source: Bloomberg
July 31, 2014
The younger Bush, 68, also writes about his father’s influence on his own life, including his decision to enter politics.
