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: Washington Post
12/29/18
by Susan Svrluga
Eight decades after the original student protest, students at the University of North Carolina reclaim the wrenching act to protest Confederate monuments on campus.
Source: The Telegraph
12-30-2018
Le Monde insisted that it had not intended to portray Mr Macron as being akin to Hitler.
Source: NYT
12-29-2018
An error in a design for a stamp to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day — it showed American troops on the wrong beach, in Asia instead of Europe — has spurred an apology to veterans and their families.
Source: NYT
12-29-2018
Most of the city’s so-called “Stalin high-rises” — both residential and government buildings — desperately need renovating. They are stuck in limbo, however, over who will foot the substantial bill.
Source: NYT
12-28-2018
The National Archives released a new batch of documents that tell of internet anxiety at the prime minister’s office, Margaret Thatcher’s thoughts of Nelson Mandela and the journey of a stallion from Turkmenistan to London.
Source: NYT
12-28-2018
Imre Nagy, the communist prime minister executed for rebelling against the Soviet Union, is a hero to many in Hungary — but not to its far-right government.
Source: AP
12-28-2018
The son of Gov. Pat Brown, Jerry Brown became governor at 36 and built a reputation as an idealist who eschewed traditional trappings of wealth and power.
Source: Colossal
12-28-2018
The digital recreation is presented by Museum View (which uses the same functionality as Google Street View), and allows visitors to explore the institution’s key artifacts as they were displayed before this year’s tragic destruction.
Source: NYT
12-27-2018
The hard-right government has accused the French of disrespect and of trying to culturally appropriate the artist in a dispute over loaning his works.
Source: The Washington Post
12-26-2018
A laser scan shows the sunken U-boat off the coast of the Outer Banks resting in 700 feet of water. Entombed are dozens of German sailors.
Source: The Washington Post
12-26-2018
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first commander in chief to fly in an airplane during his 1943 trip to North Africa.
Source: Bloomberg
12-26-2018
“It is not unheard of to have presidents comment on the stock market, even though it’s not considered to be a good idea. It can actually spook investors.”
Source: Artsy
12-26-2018
From cave paintings to Caravaggio, our understanding of the art of the past—and its relationship to the present—became much more nuanced thanks to the dramatic discoveries of 2018.
Source: NYT
12-25-2018
A law taking effect Jan. 1 that updates many facets of military justice will put an end to a disciplinary practice left over from the era of sailing ships.
Source: The Washington Post
12-26-2018
by Shane O’Sullivan
New documents reveal that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign colluded with a foreign government far more than historians thought.
Source: TechCrunch
12-25-2018
Perhaps Mark Zuckerberg obsessed over the wrong bit of history.
Source: The Washington Post
12-24-2018
The military’s famous Santa Tracker began with a wrong number.
Source: NYT
12-26-2018
The daughters of Dr. Larry Braunstein say he came to Donald J. Trump’s aid with a diagnosis of bone spurs during the Vietnam draft.
Source: NYT
12-23-2018
Its latest show, “Welcome to Jerusalem,” also got people talking. And it appeared to draw criticism from an unlikely source: the highest levels of the Israeli government.
Source: The Washington Post
Massimo Osanna, general director of the Pompeii archaeological park, told Italian news agency ANSA that he believed the horse belonged to a high-ranking military officer and met a “fierce and terrible end."
