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: Fareed’s Global Briefing
Nov 13, 2018
by Fareed Zacharia
Monsieur Macron is wrong.
Source: Slate
Nov 10, 2018
by Stephen J. Pyne
Wide scale logging, Trump’s solution, isn’t the answer.
Source: Al Jazeera
Nov 10, 2018
The Tel Aviv University historian says the concealment of Palestinian history predates the founding of the country.
Source: The Washington Post
Nov 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
Nov 9, 2018
So why do the digital elite adore him so?
Source: Haaretz
Nov 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: NYT
Nov 8, 2018
by Tiya Miles
Even in an unlikely place like Montana, Americans from diverse backgrounds can be compatriots.
Source: news.com.au
Nov 7, 2018
In a wide-ranging talk the historian speculated that Trump will face Kamala Harris in 2020.
Source: Smithsonian
Nov 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
Nov 6, 2018
David Norton was found guilty on counts of sexual assault and indecent assault.
Source: NYT
Nov 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)
Nov 5, 2018
They signed a petition in the name of academic freedom.
Source: The Canadian Jewish News
Nov 5, 2018
“Anyone who thinks anti-Semitism in not part of U.S. politics today is in denial.”
Source: The Washington Post
Nov 5, 2018
by Max Boot
Historian Max Boot cites facts and his own experience in repudiating Trump’s view of refugees.
Source: Vox
Nov 5, 2018
Michael Beschloss says President Donald Trump is “in a category of his own” among America’s commanders in chief.
Source: NYT
Nov 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
Nov 2, 2018
Why had Scott held it back? He’s a perfectionist.
Source: Slate
Nov 1, 2018
Why did geeks embrace him?
Source: The Harvard Gazette
Nov 1, 2018
The last financial crisis was just beginning when the historian published “The Ascent of Money.” In a visit to the Kennedy School on Wednesday, he warned that another might be approaching.
Source: Town and Country Magazine
Oct 26, 2018
The list includes Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
