Thomas Jefferson

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• 2/23/20
  

  The Myth of Thomas Jefferson’s Inscrutability

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Political discrepancies between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton centered on contradictory interpretations of the U.S. Constitution.

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• 2/2/20
  

  Why Thomas Jefferson Was Really No Friend of Religious Freedom

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Thomas Jefferson, because of the passage of his Bill for the Establishment of Religious Freedom, is customarily viewed by scholars as a paladin of religious freedom. Yet there is reason to question that view.

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• 12/29/19
  

  What a Line Deleted from the Declaration of Independence Teaches Us About Thomas Jefferson

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Congress deleted the line to avoid tackling issue of slavery. 

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• 12/1/2019
  

  Losing Sight of Jefferson and Falling into Plato

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Socratic Styled Teaching in Twenty-First Century American Classrooms

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  November 1, 2019
  

  Alan Taylor's Book Reviewed in the Washington Post: Thomas Jefferson’s Education

  by Drew Faust

  How slavery warped Jefferson’s vision for the University of Virginia.

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• 10/27/2019
  

  Did Jefferson Think Humans Occupied a Privileged Position in the Cosmos?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Just where did humans fit in the wondrous and gargantuan cosmos for Thomas Jefferson?

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• 10/6/19
  

  On Weather and History

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Thomas Jefferson’s Climate-Induced “Philosophical Hangover” Explained.

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• 9/22/19
  

  What To Know About the History of Emoluments and Impeachment

  by Harlow Giles Unger

  If, as charged by some in Congress, President Trump did in fact receive emoluments, he would only have adhered to an all-but-hallowed American tradition that dates back to the nation’s origins—and even earlier.

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• 9/8/19
  

  “The thinking power called an idea”: Thomas Jefferson and the Right to Patents

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  “Every discovery which multiplies the subsistence of man, must be a matter of joy to every friend to humanity.”

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  7/5/2019
  

  Charlottesville’s Complicated Relationship With Thomas Jefferson

  Council’s vote to stop celebrating Founding Father’s birthday is latest twist

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• 2/16/19
  

  Do We Make Writing on Jefferson Harder than It Really Is?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Jeffersonian scholarship is not a fool’s errand, but it is extremely arduous.

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• 2/3/19
  

  To Free or Not to Free

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  A Theoretical Botheration with Jefferson’s View of Slavery

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/16/19
  

  State of the Union: What would Jefferson do?

  by Karen Tumulty

  Pelosi's proposal was not as radical as it might sound.

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• 12/15/2018
  

  Is Monticello Monetizing Race at Jefferson’s Expense?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The foundation that runs Monticello is using public funds to perpetuate a slave narrative that is open to question.

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• 12/30/2018
  

  Thomas Jefferson’s Bizarre Fear of Monarchism (and Hume)

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  Why Hume was much more “liberal” than Jefferson.

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• 12/2/18
  

  Why Jefferson Advised Against the Study of Morality

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  He didn’t believe you could reason your way to morality.

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• 9/15/18
  

  Did Thomas Jefferson Have a Consistent Message on Free Presses?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The evidence shows a gap between his approbation of a free press and his experience with it. 

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• 9/23/18
  

  How Thomas Jefferson Illuminates the Politics of Race

  by Donald J. Fraser

  No American of the early Republic so reflected the ambivalent view of slavery and injustice towards African-Americans as Jefferson.

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• 7-4-18
  

  Did Jefferson Really Write the Declaration of Independence?

  by M. Andrew Holowchak

  The public widely gives Jefferson credit. Scholars, in dissent, have often said multiple hands were involved. Who’s right?

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-15-18
  

  Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage

  by Annette Gordon-Reed

  For centuries, historians denied Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemings. This exhibit has been a long time coming, but better late than never.