RealClearHistory Week of March 17, 2025 Archives

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Monday, March 17

The Jolly Leprechaun's Sinister Origins

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

The Real Story of St. Patrick's Day

Jill Gleeson & Terri Robertson Country Living

How St. Patrick’s Day Went from Blue to Green

Bryan McGovern The Conversation

Will the U.S. Collapse like the Soviet Union Did?

James Krapfl The Conversation

4 Women Waged a Secret Propaganda War Against Nazis

Guest Columnist Big Issue

Final Shots of the Civil War Were Fired in Alaska

Ned Rozell Anchorage Daily News

"Threatening to Virtue:” Abolitionism in Britain

Eamonn Bellin Providence Mag

These Crocodile Mummies are Unraveling a Mystery

Carme Mayans History

Stone Age Europeans Voyaged by Sea to Africa

Ewen Callaway Nature

Before Control-P: The Printing Process

Patrick Hastings The Library of Congress

100 Women Who Changed the World

Staff HistoryExtra

What Counts as a Planet?

Patricia Fara Historytoday

How the NBA's COVID-19 Shutdown Changed Sports Forever

Staff ESPN.com

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 36: After the Trials

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, March 19

Treating Wounds on D-Day

Paul Woodadge & Kevin Hymel Warfare History Network

Why Did Hitler Choose the Swastika as a Nazi Symbol?

Jonny Wilkes HistoryExtra

WWII Troops Used Hammers to Battle Malaria

Joshua Skovlund Task & Purpose

Why Were the Alien and Sedition Acts Hated?

Marianne Holdzkom The Conversation

DMZs Will Allow Visitors to Learn their Histories

Laura Kiniry Smithsonian Mag

How Do Places Get Their Names in the US?

Jordan Friedman HISTORY

Hebrew Almost Became America's Official Language

Israel Benporat RealClearHistory

Trump-Era Judicial Paralysis Explained

Ben Weingarten RealClearInvestigations

Can Alcohol Warning Labels Change Americans' Behavior?

Simar Bajaj Time

The Film that Changed Cinema

Myles Burke BBC Culture

Who Made These Unusual Ancient ‘Puppets’?

Carolyn Wilke NatGeo

The Hidden Library of Ashurbanipal

Selena Wisnom Historytoday

History of Soccer: From Ancient Times to Today

Lorenz Richard Red Bull

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 37: What Didn't Come Out?

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, March 21

Some Previously-Classified JFK Files Have Been Released

Jamie Stengle Time

The History of Protectionism in America

Steve Schifferes The Conversation

This WWII Soldier Took 18 Prisoners By Himself

Joshua Skovlund Task & Purpose

The Infamous Tripartite Pact of the Axis Powers

Blaine Taylor Warfare History Network

Naval History Shows Dangers of Rushed Innovation

James Holmes National Interest

The Paris Commune’s Bloody Week

Danny Bird Historytoday

Sparta's Shield and Spear: Spartan Military System

Nono Umasy HistoryMaps

Medieval Cures for the Black Death

Joshua J. Mark World History Encyclopedia

A First-Hand Account of Lebanon's Wars

Robert Nicholson Providence Mag

The Surprising History of March

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

The Cult Space Comedy that Inspired Elon Musk

Francis Agustin BBC

The 25 Most Influential Songs in American History?

Christian Wiedeck MSN

Civics Should Be the Cause of Our Generation

Hans Zeiger The Fulcrum

Hiss-Chambers Chapter 38: Why Do We Still Care?

John W. Berresford Libsyn

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News