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: The Scotsman
11-17-13
Author Adam Ardrey claims that King Arthur was actually Arthur Mac Aedan.
Source: The Telegraph
11-17-13
The records of tens of thousands of civilians killed in the Second World War are being posted online as part of a major new project.
Source: San Franscisco Chronicle
11-19-13
"We're heading into nut country."
Source: CBS News
11-20-13
"CBS This Morning" combs through the Dallas County DA's files on Jack Ruby from his 1964 trial.
Source: National Geographic
11-19-13
Human-sacrifice rituals at an ancient Moche temple in Peru likely
featured the killing of war captives from distant valleys.
Source: Associated Press
11-19-13
Harold Burson covered the trials in 1945 and 1946 for the
American Forces Network.
Source: Associated Press
11-20-13
Wednesday’s day of tributes starts at the White House.
Source: Associated Press
11-20-13
Simunic and fans chanted a war call used by the Croatian Ustashe, pro-Nazi collaborators.
Source: New York Times
11-20-13
Dallas in 2013 is almost as
different from Dallas in 1963 as Bill Decker is from Lupe Valdez.
Source: New York Times
11-20-13
by Wil S. Hylton
Among the forgotten anniversaries this week: the Battle of Tarawa.
Source: Washington Post
11-17-13
The first artifact is a Jim Crow-era rail car.
Source: Washington Post
11-18-13
Officials say Germans are sensitive about the issue because their
society is still grappling with East Germany’s Orwellian spying
apparatus.
Source: Associated Press
11-18-13
The Museum of the Confederacy and the American Civil War
Center are joining forces.
Source: Washington Post
11-18-13
A small tree planting ceremony is among the overlooked events of the sesquicentennial.
Source: Washington Post
11-18-13
The website is a new project from Google’s Cultural Institute.
Source: New York Times
11-17-13
Abraham Zapruder and the evolution of film.
Source: New York Times
11-17-13
"Different From the Others," a 1919 film on homosexuality.
Source: New York Times
11-18-13
The year was 1989, and angry Americans were outraged at being asked to pay more for health care.
Source: New York Times
11-18-13
Albania was one of the only European countries that had more Jews at
the end of the war.
Source: New York Times
11-17-13
Tammany Hall is now home to the New York Film Academy.