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Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 12:46
On the election of the United States' first African-American president
Guest commentary
Barack Obama's...MORE »
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 11:13
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 15:41
"A nation, by establishing a character of liberality and magnanimity, gains in the friendship and respect of others more than the worth of mere money." --Thomas Jefferson, Special Message, January 13, 1806.MORE »
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 15:52
"A nation, by establishing a character of liberality and magnanimity, gains in the friendship and respect of others more than the worth of mere money." --Thomas Jefferson, Special Message, January 13, 1806.MORE »
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 13:46
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 12:34
Guest commentary
"man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs, not merely at an election one day in the year, but every day..." --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Cabell, February 2, 1816
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 12:24
Guest commentary
When Jefferson penned these words he was thinking of the kind of participatory "ward" democracy...MORE »
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 12:14
Guest commentary
Jefferson's letter to Cabell is one of the fullest elaborations of his federal theory (the other is...MORE »
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 09:44
Guest commentary
man ... feels that he is a participator in the government of affairs, not merely at an election one day in the year, but every day... --Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Cabell, February 2, 1816
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 - 18:08
One of our alert former fellows brought Hillary Clinton's quotation of Jefferson during her recent Secretary of State confirmation hearings to my attention. Of course I can't help...MORE »