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: Bloomberg
4-1-15
Releasing it “would reveal information that would impair U.S. cryptologic systems or activities,” a National Security Agency spokeswoman says.
Source: AP
4-1-15
Politics in Jerusalem 33 A.D. was just as complex and dangerous as it is today and NBC's new series, "A.D. The Bible Continues" fuses the biblical epic with the current rage for taut political dramas - "House of Cards" in sandals.
Source: Huffington Post
4-1-15
The burials date mostly from the 13th through the 15th centuries, when a hospital stood opposite the graveyard.
Source: Federation of American Scientists
3-25-15
Physicist Kenneth W. Ford, who participated in the design of the hydrogen bomb in the early 1950s, has published a memoir of his experiences despite the objections of Energy Department reviewers who requested substantial redactions in the text.
Source: Radio Free Europe
3-31-15
"There does, indeed, appear to be much greater scrutiny of foreign scholars and students concerning visa status of late," says a second Western scholar.
Source: New Historian
4-1-15
‘The Meidum Geese’, as modern-day Egyptologists and art historians refer to it, depicts six geese in profile, with a level of finesse which sets it apart from any other ancient Egyptian artwork. The painting’s beauty and detail has led it to be called the ‘Mona Lisa’ of ancient Egyptian artwork.
Source: NYT
3-30-15
Gustav Klimt’s painting “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” was returned to Maria Altmann and her family.
Source: NYT
3-31-15
In his likely candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, Gov. Walker of Wisconsin faces a different sort of constitutional challenge: overcoming his aversion to man’s best friend.
Source: NYT
3-30-15
The exhibition accused the Western news media of miscasting Czar Ivan IV as “the Terrible.”
Source: NYT
3-30-15
Researchers have found subtle indications of dementia in transcripts of the former president’s news conferences.
Source: Indy Star
3-30-15
Citing the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby case, Pence said Indiana needs its own version of the federal law to "ensure that religious liberty is fully protected under Indiana law."
Source: NYT
3-27-15
The hip-hop musical “Hamilton,” featuring a mainly black and Latino cast playing America’s founding fathers, has drawn a steady stream of boldface names including Dick Cheney (who liked it).
Source: Huffington Post
3-27-15
Just how much has Earth changed since its Pangea days? You might be surprised.
Source: NYT
3-27-15
In the past the GOP was more willing to criticize Israel.
Source: NYT
3-29-15
The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale has bought one of the largest private collections of 19th-century American photography from the Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation.
Source: The Washington Post
3-29-15
Collector Robin Stanford has gathered rare stereo photos of war and slavery for 40 years.
Source: NYT
3-28-15
Several place names in eastern Oregon include the word “squaw,” which Native Americans say is offensive. An effort to change the names has been long and difficult.
Source: Huffington Post
3-27-15
You know what they say: Looks like a Monet, feels like a Monet, has Monet's authentic signature in the corner as determined by a hyperspectral camera with an XRF device... Then it definitely is a Monet!
Source: LC
3-25-15
Under the terms of the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, the Librarian, with advice from the Library’s National Recording Preservation Board (NRPB), is tasked with annually selecting 25 recordings that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" and are at least 10 years old.
Source: ABC News
3-25-15
After amassing a huge collection of recorded voices in the United States and creating a popular fixture on public radio, the national oral history project StoryCorps is going global.
