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
10-15-14
Few Schools Mandate Study of Areas Such as Economics or Foreign Languages
Source: Arch Daily
10-17-14
Assuming that Congress does approve funding for the memorial, the Eisenhower Memorial Commission is planning to break ground in 2015.
Source: The Daily Beast
10-20-14
A famed opera that depicts the real-life murder of an American Jew by Palestinians has enraged hundreds Manhattan’s West Side.
Source: The Hill
10-8-14
House champions of legislation to jump-start the creation a women’s history museum in the nation’s capital are upping the pressure on Senate conservatives who are blocking the proposal in the upper chamber.
Source: Media Matters
10-16-14
The hosts of Fox News' The Five distorted the history behind the rationale for the U.S. war in Iraq by reshaping an investigative report by the New York Times.
Source: Science Daily
10-21-14
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
10-21-14
Prehistoric humans moved their communities away from disappearing coasts, but it won’t be so easy for us.
Source: Science Daily
10-20-14
These are the findings of anthropological investigations carried out on bones of warriors found during excavations in the ancient city of Ephesos.
Source: Boston Globe
10-19-14
Three historical sites will host events in the 250th Wedding Anniversary Celebration Weekend of Abigail and John Adams.
Source: Raw Story
10-20-14
The results are revealed in a BBC One documentary, “Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered.”
Source: Science Nordic
10-15-14
325,000-year-old stone tools go to prove that our forefathers were far better at collaborating and planning than we thought.
Source: France 24
10-17-14
"When the priests heard that jihadists were approaching, they threw the manuscripts in a few cars and raced out of there"
Source: NYT
10-18-14
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
10-18-14
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: NYT
10-17-14
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
10-17-14 (accessed)
The university is holding a symposium this week.
Source: Historic UK
10-17-14 (accessed)
A bizarre industrial accident resulted in the release of a beer tsunami onto the streets around Tottenham Court Road.
Source: Truthout
10-17-14
Veterans for Peace (VFP) are upset with the way the Pentagon is commemorating the war.
Source: Pew Research Center
10-15-14
In the U.S., the two major political parties seldom give their failed presidential nominees another shot at the brass ring.
Source: The New Republic
10-14-14
They already have 32 times the amount of information contained in the Library of Congress
