thomas jefferson

UVA Discovers Hidden Chemistry Lab Thomas Jefferson Designed

"This may be the oldest intact example of early chemical education in this country."
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Obama Isn't The First U.S. President Accused Of Being Secretly Muslim

That would be Thomas Jefferson.
By Stephen Prothero, USA Today

Founding Fathers: We Are Not a Christian Nation

As we witness yet again the brutal and bloody consequences of religious intolerance in the form of ISIS, we have a majority of Republicans pining for a Christian America. Proponents of converting the United States into a theocracy do not see the terrible parallel between religious excess in the Middle East and here at home.
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18 Inspiring Quotes From The Age Of Reason

Six Black Presidents?

Barack Obama is widely known as the United States' first black president. But is he really the country's first African-American commander-in-chief?
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Declaration Of Independence: Full Text

The Damaging Three Words of the Declaration of Independence

While Native Americans celebrate this 4th of July weekend, probably with hotdogs and fireworks, and possibly a powwow, I wonder whether we might all consider what that three word phrase wrought.
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Thomas Jefferson and "The Blood of Tyrants"

Those who hold the belief that the 2nd Amendment gives them an individual right to take violent action have isolated Jefferson's "tree of liberty" quote in order to justify a radical ideology.
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''The Vice President is The Only Person The President Can't Fire.''

Barack Obama is pressured by Hillary Clinton to select her as VP, a mathematical question arises: why would he choose someone whom record numbers of Democrats have voted against?
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