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.
1-14-16
Military officers in the southern province of Binh Duong on Wednesday successfully moved two general-purpose bombs weighing 226 and 360 kilograms found by locals to a safer place.
Source: CBS Boston
1-13-16
After nearly three centuries of conflicting beliefs, the city of Salem confirms a team of scholars verified the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the 1692 witch trials as Proctor’s Ledge.
Source: Newsweek
1-13-16
The founders did not explicitly define "natural-born citizen," leaving room for doubt and debate.
Source: Gawker
1-13-16
So says Nikki Haley, governor of South Carolina.
Source: New Historian
1-13-16
Many scientists argue that the latest geological epoch of Earth’s history – coined the Anthropocene Epoch – has already begun thanks to the actions of humanity.
Source: BBC
1-12-16
Archaeologists say they have uncovered Britain's "Pompeii" after discovering the "best-preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found" in the country.
Source: The New Yorker
1-12-16
by Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik says it is not so much diabolical or sinister as creepy.
Source: NYT
1-11-16
For thousands of journalists, historians and executives who file requests every year for government records only to see their requests ignored, delayed for years or refused altogether, the changes cannot come soon enough.
Source: NYT
1-11-16
Bush followed a sometimes painful learning curve in his first political race, a loss that hangs over him as he tries to right his campaign for president.
Source: NYT
1-11-16
The book is largely focused on the Koch family, stretching back to its involvement in the far-right John Birch Society and the political and business activities of the father, Fred C. Koch, who found some of his earliest business success overseas in the years leading up to World War II.
Source: NYT
1-12-16
As tensions escalate between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a dispute over the name of the body of water between them illustrates the disagreements at the heart of their dispute.
Source: WGBH
1-11-16
It’s one reason he’s so worried about the Internet now.
Source: The Post and Courier
1-10-16
The surprising finding is that many are in good condition.
Source: The Washington Post
Ted Cruz gets his history wrong.
Source: NYT
1-10-16
by Neil Irwin
Economic leaders made the 2008 financial crisis worse through a combination of misinterpreted history and missed opportunities, a new book argues.
Source: The Economist
1-2-15
Before Donald Trump, there was Patrick Buchanan.
Source: Westside Today
1-9-16
Christopher Cox, a grandson of Nixon, and the 37th president’s 85-year- brother Edward will begin the construction at 10:30 a.m. Cox will announce the official opening date of the renovated library.
Source: NYT
1-9-16
A police raid in Bulgaria was heralded as a rare success against the trafficking of antiquities, but it also highlighted the barriers officials face.
Source: Huffington Post
1-8-16
Residents voted to keep it.
