With support from the University of Richmond

History News Network

History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. Explore our archive of thousands of original op-eds and curated stories from around the web. Join us to learn more about the past, now.

On Other Websites: Week of February 18, 2013

  • Michael Kazin: Who Are You Calling a Liberal?
  • Timothy Stanley: Why Benedict XVI Will Be Remembered for Generations
  • Conrad Black: Two Cheers for Obama
  • Jonathan Zimmerman: A History Lesson on Assassinations
  • Keith Harris: Can Social Media Bridge the Gulf Between Academic Historians and the Public?
  • Lucinda Matthews-Jones: Facebooking the Past
  • Charles Moore: Harold Wilson Night: The PM Who Lived and Died by Television
  • Victor Davis Hanson: Gilded Class Warriors
  • Juan Cole: Tunisian Democracy Challenged as Prime Minister Resigns 
  • Richard Parker: The GOP's Lone Star Blues