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: Christian Science Monitor
Oct 22, 2014
From Johnson's 'Daisy Girl' ad to Reagan's Soviet bear, politicians have been trying to scare voters to the polls for decades. Now, Ebola is handing candidates an arresting talking point.
Source: NYT
Oct 21, 2014
With anti-Semitism having become more prominent again across Europe, something quite different is growing in a huge, translucent building at the center of a vanished neighborhood in Warsaw.
Source: Science Daily
Oct 21, 2014
Lost for more than 70 years, the discovery of the two vessels, in an area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, is a rare window into a historic military battle and the underwater battlefield landscape of WWII.
Source: TakePart
Oct 21, 2014
Prehistoric humans moved their communities away from disappearing coasts, but it won’t be so easy for us.
Source: The Independent
Oct 20, 2014
New research indicates the boy king mostly likely died as a result of genetic impairments which weakened his body.
Source: The Washington Post
Oct 20, 2014
According to the report, a prosecutor who confronted Lewinsky “exercised poor judgment and made mistakes in his analysis, planning and execution of the approach.”
Source: JSTOR Daily
Oct 20, 2014
The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is opening in wide release later this fall, bringing the tragic story of Alan Turing to the movies.
Source: AP
Oct 20, 2014
The payments flowed through a legal loophole that has given the U.S. Justice Department leverage to persuade Nazi suspects to leave.
Source: The Daily Beast
Oct 20, 2014
A famed opera that depicts the real-life murder of an American Jew by Palestinians has enraged hundreds Manhattan’s West Side.
Source: Science Daily
Oct 20, 2014
These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city of Ephesos.
Source: Raw Story
Oct 20, 2014
The results are revealed in a BBC One documentary, “Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered.”
Source: Boston Globe
Oct 19, 2014
Three historical sites will host events in the 250th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Weekend of Abigail and John Adams.
Source: NYT
Oct 18, 2014
Written in conversational language, on everyday topics, the birch-bark documents provide a remarkable human soundtrack to accompany a vast — and still growing — trove of artifacts .
Source: NYT
Oct 18, 2014
Kiev feels like a Russian city, architecturally and linguistically. But recent months brought subtle changes. The young consider speaking Ukrainian cool. Some older Ukrainians have adopted the attitude that Russia does not own the culture.
Source: Arch Daily
Oct 17, 2014
Assuming that Congress does approve funding for the memorial, the Eisenhower Memorial Commission is planning to break ground in 2015.
Source: France 24
Oct 17, 2014
"When the priests heard that jihadists were approaching, they threw the manuscripts in a few cars and raced out of there"
Source: NYT
Oct 17, 2014
A foundation created by a Swiss bank has made off with the profits from the sale of looted art, claim heirs in a lawsuit.
Source: University of Virginia
Oct 17, 2014
The university is holding a symposium this week.
Source: Historic UK
Oct 17, 2014
A bizarre industrial accident resulted in the release of a beer tsunami onto the streets around Tottenham Court Road.
Source: Truthout
Oct 17, 2014
Veterans for Peace (VFP) are upset with the way the Pentagon is commemorating the war.
