![Saint Patrick stained glass window from Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA.
By Sicarr (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://daily.jstor.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/StPatrick_1050x700_A-600x400.jpg)
Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up
The "St. Patrick" celebrated on March 17 every year has never existed. He was, and is, a metaphorical, literary, and religious conceit.
How Subtle Subsidies Shaped U.S. Health Care
Melissa A. Thomasson looked into how federal money created the U.S. health care landscape as we know it.
The Vietnam War: 50 Years (and More) Later
The fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War is somewhat misleading: The US had been involved in Vietnam for well over a decade already by 1965
![Female prisoners at Parchman sewing, c. 1930
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A History of Women’s Prisons
While women's prisons historically emphasized the virtues of traditional femininity, the conditions of these prisons were abominable.
Legalizing Marijuana: Lessons from the Post-prohibition Era
The country's experience regulating alcohol after Prohibition may provide lessons regarding marijuana.
A Threat to “Traditional Marriage” in the 1920s
The view of "traditional marriage" has been under attack since long before anyone imagined state-sanctioned gay and lesbian unions
