Jefferson did not mean equality in the sense that everyone is more or less equal in talents and abilities. And he certainly ...

This is part of 1776 All-Stars, a series about Reason's favorite American Founders. Read more here. Joanna Andreasson "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits ...

Across eight months of conversations with historians, legal scholars, museum leaders and theologians, USA250’s Outspoken project asks how the American ideals of liberty and equality have changed since ...

When Thomas Jefferson penned a letter expounding a revolutionary idea or explaining the difference between dry, sweet and astringent wines, he noted the correspondence in his Epistolary Record. That ...

Thomas Jefferson is either the most prolific, hypocritical liar in American history or the victim of the most profane defamation of character allegation in 250 years. There is no gauzy middle ground ...

Thomas Jefferson is widely considered the patron saint of America’s most sacred beliefs, and the central figure in the story of American democracy. Born on April 13, 1743, in colonial Virginia, ...

Bill Barker brings the nuanced fluidity of the historical actor-interpreter he is and the richly informed gravitas of the scholar he is to his portrayal of Thomas Jefferson, which has evolved over ...

Researchers say they have the most conclusive proof of Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings’ children. A strand of hair found in Jefferson’s Bible launched an investigation involving DNA ...