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: The Guardian
Nov 2, 2013
The military exercise Able Archer nearly provoked a pre-emptive Soviet strike.
Source: National Public Radio
Nov 2, 2013
It is difficult for those of us who write to say we need more words to tell a story when Lincoln did so much with just 272.
Source: Heritage Daily
Nov 2, 2013
Norway was deeply involved in the silk trade.
Source: The Tennessean
Oct 31, 2013
Judd Matheny and Frank Niceley were scheduled to appear at a meeting of the Southern National Congress.
Source: Chicago Reporter
Oct 31, 2013
Sometimes pop culture can be the best history teacher.
Source: Huffington Post
Oct 31, 2013
Historian resolves the mystery of where the chief of the Gestapo died.
Source: LiveScience
Oct 30, 2013
Hasan Dağ was the inspiration for some of the earliest cave art.
Source: The Mainichi
Oct 30, 2013
But the Japanese prime minister endorsed the continuing
presence of U.S. forces in Okinawa.
Source: Japan Times
Oct 30, 2013
The surprise trip to China in February 1972 by Ford’s predecessor,
Richard M. Nixon, in pursuit of improved U.S.-Sino relations had shocked
Tokyo.
Source: BBC News
Oct 30, 2013
A 92-year-old man is on
trial in Germany, accused of murdering a member of the Dutch resistance
nearly 70 years ago.
Source: New York Times
Oct 30, 2013
Some wars get no respect.
Source: Phys.org
Oct 29, 2013
These urban explorers are mapping Rome's subterranean secrets.
Source: The Guardian
Oct 29, 2013
The 1,800-year-old sculpture of the imperial symbol is regarded as one of the best pieces of Romano-British art ever found.
Source: Associated Press
Oct 29, 2013
"These objects are either thought or known to have been looted, confiscated or sold under duress"
Source: Hurriyet Daily News
Oct 28, 2013
The St. Philippus Church is home to the grave of Philip, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ.
Source: The Atlantic
Oct 28, 2013
Hundreds of years ago, ignorance about decomposition and
disease sparked fears that the dead returned to drink the blood of the
living.
Source: Slate
Oct 28, 2013
Orson Welles’ infamous 1938 radio program did not touch off nationwide hysteria. Why does the legend persist?
Source: Huffington Post
Oct 28, 2013
Jeffrey Gent presents a website of vintage photographs featuring homosexual couples.
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oct 28, 2013
The bombing killed 241 American servicemen and wounded another 128.
Source: The Guardian
Oct 28, 2013
Proceeds from manuscripts, letters and diaries – including notes for The Female Eunuch – to go to rainforest rehabilitation.
