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: FOX News
Dec 26, 2014
"Sons of Liberty," a three-part, six-hour series that airs starting Jan. 25, tells the back stories of the Founding Fathers and their furtive efforts to turn a colony into a country.
Source: New Historian
Dec 26, 2014
66 million years ago, there was an extinction event that wiped out Earth’s non-avian dinosaurs. A recent study by Princeton University has provided fresh insight into what exactly may have caused this dramatic event.
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
But now you can.
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
What’s now known as Bois Brûlé, or the burnt woods — scorched in four years of fighting — was forest primeval until September 1914, when the Germans came.
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
In a city struggling to emerge from the shadows of Jim Crow, the release of “Selma” has stirred complex emotions as residents reflect on the past and future
Source: NYT
Dec 24, 2014
A team of scientists has published the biggest genetic profile of the United States to date, based on a study of 160,000 people.
Source: Cleveland.com
Dec 23, 2014
"If our citizens and workforce are to compete and prosper in the global economy, they must have a strong foundation in world history and geography."
Source: National Security Arhcive
Dec 23, 2014
Los Alamos Scientist Once Advised a U.S. Sentry to Shoot at and Disable Nukes on West German Aircraft if There Was a Danger of Unauthorized Use
Source: BBC History Magazine
Dec 22, 2014
2014 has been a great year for history books. Here, three leading historians reveal their favorites…
Source: NBC News
Dec 21, 2014
The jury convicted him in 10 minutes after a three hour trial.
Source: NYT
Dec 20, 2014
“You shouldn’t have to pass a test to be able to tell people where the best ice cream in Savannah is.”
Source: New Historan
Dec 20, 2014
By using radiocarbon dating on the metal found in Gothic cathedrals, a team made up of specialists in various disciplines has found that iron was used to strengthen stone during the construction process.
Source: Huffington Post
Dec 19, 2014
Archaeologists studying Stonehenge and its environs say they've unearthed the remnants of an untouched, ancient encampment that dates back 6,000 years--a find that could rewrite British prehistory.
Source: History channel
Dec 19, 2014
Although firmly entrenched as a Christmas icon, the tale of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” is a piece of relatively modern folklore penned in 1939 by a department store adman enduring a time of great personal tragedy.
Source: Smithsonian
Dec 19, 2014
One hundred and fifty years later, historians are discovering some of the earliest known cases of post-traumatic stress disorder
Source: WSJ
Dec 18, 2014
At least one theater was prepared to run the movie before Sony pulled the plug.
Source: New Historian
Dec 18, 2014
The ancient city of Tikal, located in modern-day Guatemala, was once a major Maya population centre.
Source: The Cook Political Report
Dec 17, 2014
The votes have been tallied and all recounts completed.
Source: NPR
Dec 17, 2014
It's been a stalemate that has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents, a failed invasion, a nuclear crisis and countless boatloads of Cuban asylum seekers. Meanwhile, the Castro brothers have kept running Cuba for more than a half-century.
Source: The Advocate
Dec 17, 2014
Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” means something different than you think it does.
