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Confused over Adams and Jefferson - quick question!
Hullo. I was reading the 'Rating the Founding Fathers' article by David Greeberg [http://www.slate.com/id/111270/] and I'm confused by this statement: ''In the area of political philosophy, Adams' skepticism about unbounded democracy also looks a bit better these days, at least to those who blame him for the dastardly deeds of right-wing ...
Posted to History Lesson by esinohm on March 26, 2008
Jefferson and Thanksgiving.
There is an article about Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists (of which Mr. Hitchens is quite rightfully fond) by James Hutson, chief of the Manuscript Division of The Library of Congress. That recounts the restoration of the originalletter by the laboratories of the FBI to find what was behind the seven of 25 crossed out lines. ...
Posted to Fighting Words by alexc on December 1, 2007