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: Sapping Attention (blog)
Jul 27, 2018
by Benjamin Schmidt
University of Washington history professor Benjamin Schmidt says the statistics show he was wrong to minimize the crisis.
Source: Sandbox
Jul 27, 2018
by Martin Kramer
No, Ben-Gurion did not object to Israel's decision to keep land won in the Six Day War.
Source: Pacific Standard
Jul 26, 2018
by David M. Perry
The demands for rote memorization, coupled with Western centrism, are failing our students.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jul 25, 2018
Texas historian Andrew Torget will teach a class for 30 hours in a tour de force to raise money for the university library.
Source: Penn Today
Jul 24, 2018
The civil rights activist, historian, and author discusses her new book “History Teaches Us to Resist: How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times.”
Source: Study Breaks
Jul 24, 2018
by Kiersten Lynch
The casual nature of the retellings helps focus the story on the human characters, not just the facts, dates and events.
Source: The Washington Post
Jul 24, 2018
"Russian disinformation wasn’t the only factor in the outcome and was probably less important in the end than FBI Director James B. Comey’s announcement 11 days before the election that he was reopening the Clinton email investigation.” But it mattered.
Source: Twitter
Jul 24, 2018
by Tom Nichols
“These types of Trumpers are just lost. They're not going to climb down, change their minds, listen to new information."
Source: RFA
Jul 23, 2018
Ethnic Mongolian historian and author Lhamjab A. Borjigin, 74, is facing for prosecution for "separatism" and "sabotaging national unity,”
Source: Roll Call
Jul 23, 2018
Historians on the Hill brings together staffers with history degrees
Source: Salon
Jul 23, 2018
by Chauncey DeVega
Bestselling history author says that sooner or later, Donald Trump will make his supporters “feel like chumps.”
Jul 23, 2018
Recently, there's been an upsurge in complaints.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jul 22, 2018
by Ashley Farmer
More than half a century after John Hope Franklin’s bitter experience in the archives, black historians often still feel out of place
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Jul 22, 2018
by Patrick Iber
Historians can be bothersome, remembering past practices that no longer meet changing moral standards, or never did.
Source: Fox News
Jul 22, 2018
Stephanie Jass, who taught at Michigan’s Adrian College, admitted to inappropriately logging into the email accounts of fellow professors, administrators and students.
Source: NYT
Jul 21, 2018
by Idan Dershowitz
Idan Dershowitz says that happened in a 2.0 version added later.
Source: The Washington Post
Jul 20, 2018
by Max Boot
"How I miss Barack Obama."
Source: The Way Improvement Leads Home (blog)
Jul 20, 2018
He earns $4 million a year.
Source: Twitter
Jul 20, 2018
" I oppose the appointment of someone who has, up until today, been a dedicated defender of the Trump administration and its values." – Nicole Hemmer
Source: Informed Comment
Jul 20, 2018
by Juan Cole
“The Israeli parliament or Knesset has passed a law openly declaring Palestinians to be second-class citizens.”
