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: NYT
10-9-14
The website for the Pentagon’s Vietnam War anniversary commemoration largely describes a war of valor and honor that would be unrecognizable to many of the Americans who fought in and against it.
Source: WSJ
10-2-14
Privately, Pentagon officials say they don’t want a bad name. Army historians note the military is careful with acronyms, noting a couple of rejects including Operation Afghan Freedom (OAF) and Operation Iraqi Liberation (OIL).
Source: Popular Science
10-8-14
Preserving modern wonders for posterity is the main inititiative of CyArk, a nonprofit that uses 3-D laser scanning to create a digital archive of the world’s cultural heritage sites.
Source: Newsweek
10-9-14
by Max Holland
The story is by Max Holland, the well-known Watergate researcher and historian.
Source: The White House
10-8-14
"In the era of global decolonization, Native Americans remained colonized. Columbus Day is a painful symbol of that traumatic past."
Source: The Washington Post
10-8-14
In 1971, Panetta penned a take down of Richard Nixon & Co.
Source: CBS NewYork
10-8-14
A 100-year-old time capsule was opened for the first time Wednesday, providing a glimpse into the past.
Source: International Business Times
10-8-14
Cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi depict stencil-like outlines of human hands and local animals and date back to at least 39,900 years ago.
Source: NYT
10-7-14
Prominent nonfiction writers are now grappling with how to handle unsettling or controversial material in their books as they try to win over this impressionable new audience.
Source: Press Release -- Hank Sanders
10-6-14
In his oral ruling from the bench, Judge W. Troy Massey said that this case follows in the long history and tradition of Americans risking jail to stand up for principles greater than themselves.
Source: Women's eNews
10-3-14
"The Decent One" is Israeli filmmaker Vanessa Lapa's remarkable profile of Heinrich Himmler, architect of the Nazi extermination policy and death camps.
Source: WSJ
10-6-14
President Obama might find it easier to score some legislative accomplishments with a Congress fully controlled by Republicans.
Source: NYT
10-6-14
For Mr. Panetta, the moment that crystallized his frustration with Mr. Obama came when the president made little effort to stop deep automatic budget cuts mandated by the sequester.
Source: The Local Europe
10-2-14
Half a sentence uttered 25 years ago on Tuesday by the then West German foreign minister helped catalyze the reunification of Germany.
Source: Gates of Nineveh (blog)
10-8-14
The past two months have seen a decrease in the number of reports of sites being destroyed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Source: BBC
10-6-14
The Royal Air Force has bombed Iraq before - more than 90 years ago - and that controversial strategy has had a huge impact on modern warfare and the Middle East.
Source: WNYC
10-6-14
Decades ago, it was women who pioneered computer programming.
Source: NYT
10-6-14
During the Vietnam War, Mr. Branfman made public a secret bombing campaign by the United States and lobbied Congress to stop financing the war.
Source: Seattle Times
10-6-14
The Seattle City Council on Monday declared the second Monday in October as “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”
Source: Philly
10-5-14
Two students at Bryn Mawr College tacked up a Confederate flag in their dormitory hall and taped a "Mason-Dixon line" across the floor - a move they said was merely a display of their Southern pride.
