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: NYT
Oct 6, 2014
For Mr. Panetta, the moment that crystallized his frustration with Mr. Obama came when the president made little effort to stop deep automatic budget cuts mandated by the sequester.
Source: BBC
Oct 6, 2014
The Royal Air Force has bombed Iraq before - more than 90 years ago - and that controversial strategy has had a huge impact on modern warfare and the Middle East.
Source: WNYC
Oct 6, 2014
Decades ago, it was women who pioneered computer programming.
Source: NYT
Oct 6, 2014
During the Vietnam War, Mr. Branfman made public a secret bombing campaign by the United States and lobbied Congress to stop financing the war.
Source: Seattle Times
Oct 6, 2014
The Seattle City Council on Monday declared the second Monday in October as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Source: New Zealand Herald
Oct 6, 2014
by John Summers
The town tells an alternative story to that of China's breakneck economic growth and rising consumerism, one of nostalgia for those days of Mao suits, Marxism and austerity.
Source: Philly
Oct 5, 2014
Two students at Bryn Mawr College tacked up a Confederate flag in their dormitory hall and taped a "Mason-Dixon line" across the floor - a move they said was merely a display of their Southern pride.
Source: NYT
Oct 5, 2014
One common goal of state archivists, correction officials and relatives of the former guards and inmates is that what happened at Attica should not be forgotten.
Source: NYT
Oct 4, 2014
Poe’s snarly past with Boston will be set aside on Sunday, when the city officially welcomes the master of the macabre into its fold with the unveiling of a statue in his honor.
Source: NYT
Oct 4, 2014
Mr. Duvalier continued to defend what human rights workers called one of the most oppressive governments in the Western Hemisphere, following in the footsteps of his father, François, known as Papa Doc, who died in 1971.
Source: The Akron Beacon Journal
Oct 3, 2014
Visitors will see all manner of devices that have concealed, supported and sucked in parts of the female anatomy over the last couple of centuries.
Source: Women's eNews
Oct 3, 2014
"The Decent One" is Israeli filmmaker Vanessa Lapa's remarkable profile of Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Nazi extermination policy and death camps.
Source: Time
Oct 3, 2014
High-level White House debates over Iraq and Syria are coming to light as top officials air their differences.
Source: Bloomberg
Oct 3, 2014
“I fear that Putin is going to bring the country to a crisis much more quickly than many would like.”
Source: WSJ
Oct 2, 2014
Privately, Pentagon officials say they don’t want a bad name. Army historians note the military is careful with acronyms, noting a couple of rejects including Operation Afghan Freedom (OAF) and Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL).
Source: The Local Europe
Oct 2, 2014
Half a sentence uttered 25 years ago on Tuesday by the then West German foreign minister helped catalyze the reunification of Germany.
Source: NYT
Oct 2, 2014
Resurrecting a Disgraced Reporter
Source: CBS Evening News
Oct 2, 2014
A new memorial in Washington DC honors disabled veterans.
Oct 2, 2014
by HNN
In our heads is a a distorted picture of sports in classical Athens and Rome.
Source: Media Matters
Oct 2, 2014
Several historians who have researched Patton's life told Media Matters no real evidence exists to support O'Reilly's claim that the general's death was the result of a conspiracy by former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.
