Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

	Roundup Top 10 #1 The New Economy of Letters by Jill Lepore All the noise has silenced the modest, the untenured, and the politically moderate. CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION #2 The West's Chemical Weapons Hypocrisy by Juan Cole British firms received licenses to sell chemical agents to Syria in 2012... and that's just the tip of the iceberg. TRUTHDIG #3 Inside the Coursera Hype Machine by Jon Wiener How will Coursera make money off of its free education-for-the-masses model? THE NATION #4 What Is To Be Done About Higher Education? by Jonathan Rees You can’t have a race to the bottom when the bottom is gone. MORE OR LESS BUNK #5 Obama’s Dithering on Syria by Conrad Black How will Coursera make money off of its free education-for-the-masses model? NATIONAL REVIEW #6 Credibility is Not a Good Reason to Attack Syria by Rajan Memon "Credibility" is what led to Vietnam. LOS ANGELES TIMES #7 Putin's No Stalin by Dimitri A. Simes Sure, he's a repressive autocrat, but Putin hasn't killed millions of people. THE NATIONAL INTEREST #8 Syria is Not Kosovo by James P. Rubin Russia and China were also opposed to intervention in Kosovo. But that's where the similarity ends. NEW YORK TIMES #9 On Privatization's Cutting Edge by Rick Perlstein (Illegally) selling the police powers of a city: coming near you! THE NATION #10 Was Britain Right To Go To War In 1914? by Nigel Biggar The history wars are upon us for the WWI anniversary. STANDPOINT Breaking News Stay Up to Date! You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple: Go here! Library of Congress working to save pulp magazines The Library is preserving the lurid colorful colors of the pulpy, trashy magazines of yesteryear. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Saddam Hussein's rifle up for sale Saddam's M77 Ruger expected to net up to $15,000. WASHINGTON POST Triceratops never actually existed, scientists say The famous species was probably a variant of torosaurus. NATIONAL POST Soil samples show Richard III suffered from roundworm Richard III suffered from a roundworm infection, a team says. BBC NEWS Eisenhower Memorial critic is placed on overseeing panel Bruce Cole, who has published at least two critical articles of the Frank Gehry design, will head up the commission. ASSOCIATED PRESS Call to help transcribe historic Scottish records Transcribe ScotlandsPlaces will focus on records from 1645 to 1880. THE SCOTSMAN Archaeologists hunt for Genghis Khan's tomb Could the Mongol conqueror's remains actually be in Russian Tuva? DER SPIEGEL The search for Suleiman the Magnificent's heart The Ottoman ruler's body is buried in Istanbul, but his heart is (reputedly) buried in Hungary THE SCOTSMAN Nuremberg 'must fix up Hitler's parade grounds' The aging relic of Hitler's meglomania is literally falling apart, endangering tourists. THE LOCAL (GERMANY) Replica of Peter the Great's Dutch House Planned for Moscow The replica will be built by Dutch Army engineers. THE SCOTSMAN Features American History TV on C-SPAN History Blogroll Roundup Pop Culture/Art Audio/Video History Hot Topics Howard Zinn Trayvon Martin The New Social Sciences China Gun Control More News Breaking News Historians in the News Washington DC Obituaries History on TV