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.
4-16-15
by Robert Poch
Robert Poch observes that the New York Times inadvertently misconstrued Arizona’s immigration fight with the Department of Justice. The Times claimed it was a modern example of nullification. It wasn’t, says Poch.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
4-15-15
by David Armitage and Jo Guldi
David Armitage and Jo Guldi say the CHE didn’t provide a fair report.
4-19-15
by Rick Shenkman
A remarkable day featuring an unconventional address by Patty Limerick, a panel of Ferguson activists, and the passage of a resolution demanding the Redskins change their name.
by Rick Shenkman
Historians debate sex, race and class -- and other taboo subjects.
4-16-15
by Rick Shenkman
St. Louis welcomes historians!
4-16-15
by Rick Shenkman
Find out what American historians are thinking.
Source: NYT
4-13-15
Mr. Alford’s book, published by Oxford University Press, is already being hailed as an important contribution, with the Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer praising it as “so deeply researched and persuasively argued that it should stand as the standard portrait for years.”
Source: Xinhua
4-14-15
He cites documents he collected in a new book.
Source: Public Radio of Armenia
4-14-15
Although modern-day Turkey continues to deny the Armenian Genocide, it’s an undeniable fact that Turkey was the first country to condemn the atrocity, expert of Turkish studies Meline Anumyan told a press conference.
Source: NPR
4-13-15
In an interview Kutler said that Nixon couldn’t admit he had authorized break-ins.
Source: The Daily Bruin
4-13-15
It was organized by historian Sebouh D. Aslanian.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
4-13-15
"He had drop-dead good looks, perfect teeth, great complexion. Physically, he was a marvel, a gym rat, an exercise fanatic."
4-13-15
by Erik Moshe
What do the Hindenburg and a leading black journalist have in common? The NYT just reviewed books about them.
Source: Yale Daily News
4-13-15
“There’s never been a world order before. What used to be considered world order was a regional order.” — Kissinger
Source: Letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal
4-9-15
by Trevor Packer
"Given the substantive feedback we have received from educators and the general public representing a range of political viewpoints, we are confident that the concerns some have expressed this past year—including those of Mrs. Cheney—will be resolved by the new framework."
Source: Slate
4-9-15
by Eric Herschthal
Historian Gregory P. Downs says the Southern states ratified the 13th Amendment ending slavery because Andrew Johnson left 100,000 troops there after Appomattox, refusing to end the war until they agreed to end slavery.
Source: The Washington Post
4-5-15
They say it gets the story of King Henry VIII’s break with Rome wrong
Source: Los Angeles Review of Books
by Jim Sleeper
“For the West, the demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.” — Kissinger
Source: The Fifteen Minute Interview in the Harvard Crimson
4-8-15
He was stuck in the waiting room for 10 days but was never allowed in.
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
4-9-15
At issue is "The History Manifesto,” written by Jo Guldi and David Armitage, which calls on historians to return to big picture thinking.
