RealClearHistory Week of April 6, 2026 Archives

RealClearHistory AM Update

Monday, April 6

16 Easter Traditions and Their Origins

Charlotte Hilton Andersen RD

Who Was the Real Pontius Pilate?

Candida Moss NatGeo

The Easter Offensive of 1972

John Walker Warfare History Network

What Are the Gnostic Gospels?

Lesley Kennedy HISTORY

A Famous Trial from U.S. History and Birthright Citizenship

Steven Lubet Slate

U.S. and Iran: How Decades of Mistrust Led to Open War

Jeffrey Fields Conversation

A History of American Military Threats

Sarah Shamim Al Jazeera

Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston

Keli Holt Just Enough History

How Colonists Betrayed Native Americans

Kunjal Bastola Smithsonian

The Roaring Twenties: Myth and Reality

Wilfred M. McClay The Coolidge Review

Hitler’s Edifice Complex

Timothy W. Ryback The Atlantic

America's Pastime and the Meaning of Life

Michael Auslin THE PATOWMACK PACKET

What Do Conservatives Mean by “Western Civilization”?

James Diddams Providence

8 Weird Stories From the Space Age

Jonathan Wright HistoryExtra

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Wednesday, April 8

When Was the Last US Military Draft?

Dave Roos HISTORY

Various Causes of War Throughout History

Mark Cartwright WHE

The Corsican Man Who Inspired the Founding Fathers

Anna Richards Smithsonian

What History Says About a Ground Invasion in Iran

Ibrahim Al-Marashi Conversation

From Pilot to POW: One Man's Story

Allyn Vannoy Warfare History Network

The Roaring Twenties: Myth and Reality

Wilfred M. McClay The Coolidge Review

AI Is Revealing the Hidden Ancient History of 3 U.S. Sites

Rebecca Crowe TheTravel

How a Dinner Gala Started the Harlem Renaissance

Patricia Daniels NatGeo

The Scientist Who Developed the Polio Vaccine

Greg McKevitt BBC

The 13-Year Investigation Into Flight 103

Edge Words Vocal Media

Highwaymen: Robin Hoods or Thieves?

Lena Liapi History Today

The Home of the American Hamburger

Addy Bink KRQE

A History of Kentucky Bourbon and its Role in American Culture

Staff CBS

Is America’s 250th Repeating a Familiar Mistake?

John Garrison Marks Time

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News

Friday, April 10

The Gunboat ‘Philadelphia’ and the Revolutionary War

Kovie Biakolo Smithsonian

8 Must-See American Revolution Landmarks

Michele Herrmann USA Today

The Other Manhattan Project, 1776

Jonathan Horn The Free Press

American Towns Where the Past Feels Close at Hand

Zuzana Paar The Daily Sentinel

The Fight of USS California

John J. Domagalski Warfare History Network

Why the Oak Is America’s National Tree

Becky Little HISTORY

The Roaring Twenties: Myth and Reality

Wilfred M. McClay The Coolidge Review

Watch: A Brief History of U.S. Involvement in Iran

Staff NBC News

Ukraine in the Russian Imperial Imagination

Uilleam Blacker History Today

From Smallpox to COVID: Vaccines that Changed History

John Horgan WHE

A €1.50 Metro Ticket to Ancient Rome

Eric J Lyman BBC

The Raptor-Like Dinosaurs That Menaced the Mesozoic

Nicholas St. Fleur NatGeo

Was This Aussie Government the ‘Gold Standard’?

John Hawkins Conversation

Gold Volatility Amid Geopolitical Crises: What History Says

Staff Seeking Alpha

This Day in American History

Staff Liberty Nation News