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: WSJ
May 28, 2014
Lotus feet, more commonly known as bound feet, are a legacy of China’s imperial past.
Source: NYT
May 27, 2014
Concern about instability in the wake of a withdrawal may be driving support for keeping some United States forces there.
Source: Broadway World
May 27, 2014
THE WORLD WARS tells the story of three devastating decades of war told through the eyes of the powerful men who held the fate of humankind in their hands.
Source: The Daily Beast
May 27, 2014
The Jobar Synagogue was one of the holiest Jewish sites in Syria and contained priceless historical artifacts.
Source: The Guardian
May 26, 2014
Dido Belle, the mixed-race daughter of an 18th-century British aristocrat, is the subject of a mysterious painting and a new film, Belle.
Source: PBS
May 26, 2014
We don’t know how many Americans who died while serving during wartime are buried on foreign soil.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
May 26, 2014
The food etiquette is all wrong.
Source: NYT
May 25, 2014
General Jaruzelski earned a villainous place in history when he suppressed Poland’s powerful Solidarity labor movement, but was later consoled by the idea that his reputation would improve.
Source: NYT
May 25, 2014
A final chapter for the Western Flyer may be about to unfold.
Source: The Independent
May 25, 2014
A book on the exploits of Edward Smiley III, who had a taste for cartography, reveals ancient works are still missing.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
May 24, 2014
Deadliest disaster
in state’s history
teaches lessons in physics, ethics, law,
and class injustice
Source: The Guardian
May 24, 2014
Next month, scientists will meet in the Dordogne to mark the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the La Madeleine mammoth – an engraving on ivory that proves man had lived alongside these prehistoric creatures.
Source: The Telegraph
May 24, 2014
As the classic Michael Caine film is re-released, African warrior prince says the original was great PR for his people.
Source: Seattle Times
May 24, 2014
Fifty years is a long time to keep a secret. But that’s what Roy Matsumoto was instructed to do, so that’s what he did.
Source: BBC
May 24, 2014
Recently discovered letters written by the late Jacqueline Kennedy, the widow of former US President John F Kennedy, to an Irish priest are being withdrawn from auction.
Source: The Art Newspaper
May 23, 2014
The cave was discovered in November 2013 but its location will only be revealed once security measures are in place.
Source: National Security Archive
May 23, 2014
Nixon Alerted in Advance to Date of Coup, Retired CIA Operative Writes in Foreign Affairs.
Source: Huffington Post
May 22, 2014
The ensuing Spanish conquest of the Inca had a profound effect on the region’s indigenous people, but a new paper published today reveals that it also had an unexpected impact on the land itself.
Source: PEW
May 22, 2014
The last president to win the White House without having a college degree was Harry Truman, who studied briefly at a local business college and a law school but didn’t graduate from either.
Source: Gnomes National News Service
May 22, 2014
The folks at the D.C.-based, conservative-leaning organization Concerned Women for America are downright chipper about a South Carolina college’s decision to scrap its women’s studies center and take up teaching the constitution.
