The Greatest Tradition of All
Apart from the Declaration and Constitution, there is perhaps no more essentially American document than Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet ‘Common Sense.’
Matt Johnson
· 8 min read
Thomas Jefferson
A collection of 3 posts
Jefferson and the Source of Human Rights
To understand the intent of the US Declaration of Independence, recall that its primary author was a deist rather than a Christian.
Coel Hellier
· 7 min read
Gloomy Optimist
Jefferson emerges as a man who doubted democracy's permanence yet placed his faith in future generations. Onuf and Cogliano rescue him from caricature—even if one dimension of his thought remains in shadow.
Ron Capshaw
· 6 min read