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: Notches blog
2-7-15
He distinguishes between “Pre-Ellen” and “Post-Ellen” generations.
Source: Notches blog
2-10-15
by Marc Stein
"I got involved in British gay liberation in 1970, a coincidence of several events really."
Source: Chicago Trib
2-8-15
This is the first footage ever to surface.
Source: AHA Blog
2-5-15
by Michael D. Hattem
One thing to note: There's a difference between “open access” and “public access.”
Source: Harvard Divinity School
1-29-15
In his narrative history of Christianity, 500 to 1500, he focuses on Christianity from the bottom up.
Source: The Junto
2-10-15 (accessed)
An Interview with the Harvard Historian on His New Book
Source: NYT
2-9-15
He won fame and headlines for his expose of UN Secretary Kurt Waldheim.
Source: The Hankyoreh
2-7-15
Japanese government has attempted to revise sections of textbooks about the comfort women
Source: NYT
2-6-15
by Joseph Ellis
In a letter to the NYT he says it’s inevitable that Iraq will break into 3 pieces.
Source: The Times of Israel
2-4-15
The author of 80 books received a knighthood in 1995 ‘for services to British history’
Source: AlterNet
2-3-15
No, America Has Never Been a Christian Country -- Why Does the Myth Persist?
Source: The Indiana Daily Student
2-3-15
Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History at Yale University, advocates a version of history that might revolutionize the current concept of World War I.
Source: Yale Daily News
2-4-15
Students and faculty in the department pinned the uptick in enrollments on the department’s increased efforts at student outreach. However, some also suggested that this may be a reversal of what they described as a turn away from the humanities following the 2008 recession.
Source: Blog
2-4-15
by Michelle Moravec
It's to correct a bias that shows up in the English and Russian language versions of Wikipedia.
Source: Sandbox (blog)
2-4-15
by Martin Kramer
"Had you told me thirty-five years ago, when I first met him, that [Barry Rubin] would become not only 'one of the great intellectual defenders of Israel,' but an Israeli, I would have dismissed you. Nothing would have seemed so improbable.”
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward
1-25-15
“The behavior over the last few days created the impression of a cynical political move, and it could hurt our attempts to act against Iran.”
Source: The Nation
2-3-15
“Rights can be won, and rights can be taken away. Achievements are always vulnerable.”
Source: Boston Globe
2-2-15
by Andrew Bacevich
" It’s their fight, not ours, we are told. Yet political disarray and military incompetence evident in that country suggest a variant of 'surrender on the installment plan.' ”
Source: The Root
2-2-15
by Henry Louis Gates Jr and Julie Wolf
Franklin’s fight for civil rights took place in classrooms and courtrooms and on the street.
Source: Daily Beast
2-1-15
The persona that presides in these nine extraordinary essays is one of humility at the daunting limitations of seeking to re-create the past.
