http://dir.salon.com/topics/thomas_jefferson/?source=rss&aim=thomas_jefferson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST By David Sirota Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/06/other_elections/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/06/other_elections/index.html?source=rss With our national fixation on Obama and the White House, it's easy to overlook local results and the real progressive mandate. By Greil Marcus Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/04/american_dream/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/04/american_dream/index.html?source=rss The real story of America is not about power, money or the march of armies. It is about a dream of liberty and justice and independence -- a dream that still comes true every day. By Sidney Blumenthal Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/04/21/tk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2005/04/21/tk/index.html?source=rss Cardinal Ratzinger handed Bush the presidency by tipping the Catholic vote. Can American democracy survive their shared medieval vision? By Edwin M. Yoder Jr. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/09/religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/09/religion/index.html?source=rss The Founders would be appalled at the Bush administration's shameless religious exhibitionism. By Laura Miller Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2003/11/25/slavery/index.html?source=rss While Thomas Jefferson never freed his slaves, George Washington did, despite his wife's wishes. Historians are finally coming to terms with America's oldest wound. Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/11/16/church_state/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/11/16/church_state/index.html?source=rss A reader and Ed Yoder, the author of "False Prophets," discuss the origins of the separation of church and state, and say we're lucky that deists were involved. By Sidney Blumenthal Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/11/11/bush_clergy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/11/11/bush_clergy/index.html?source=rss Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers of becoming a "priest-ridden people," but a conservative clergy was essential to Bush's victory. By David Talbot Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/21/blumenthal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/21/blumenthal/index.html?source=rss Sidney Blumenthal talks about his new tell-all Clinton memoir, the New York Times scandal bigger than Jayson Blair, why liberals shouldn't run from Fox News, and how Democrats can beat the Bushes. By Robert Scheer Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/03/27/religion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/col/scheer/2002/03/27/religion/index.html?source=rss The preaching of pompous czars of virtue on the right doesn't hold up in the face of hypocrisy. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html?source=rss Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the company completely lost its mind? By Sam Fleischacker Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/15/estate_tax/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/02/15/estate_tax/index.html?source=rss From Adam Smith to Thomas Jefferson, lovers of freedom have demanded that social privilege be earned -- not inherited. By Joyce Millman Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/05/02/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/05/02/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, May 2, 2000 By Katharine Whittemore Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/01/safire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2000/03/01/safire/index.html?source=rss The pundit and language columnist crafts a potboiler of sleaze and slander in the republic's infancy. By Joyce Millman Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/02/11/glow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/glow/2000/02/11/glow/index.html?source=rss Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Feb. 11-13, 2000 By Gary Kamiya Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/11/03/wills/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/11/03/wills/index.html?source=rss American government-bashers like to wrap themselves in a constitutional flag. But Garry Wills argues that the Founders wanted a strong government, not a weak one. By Katharine Whittemore Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/29/fleming/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/1999/09/29/fleming/index.html?source=rss A sensational history recounts the face-off that altered the course of the nation. By Jill Nelson Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/26/louima/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/26/louima/index.html?source=rss The outcry over Justin Volpe's abuse of Abner Louima -- compared with comparative silence about decades of police killings -- suggests assaulting someone's manhood is worse than killing him. By Leighton Woodhouse Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/03/23/22feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1999/03/23/22feature/index.html?source=rss A forensic scientist named James Starrs thinks the famous explorer may have been murdered -- and wants to dig up his body to try to find out. By Jeff Stein Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/12/16/newsc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1998/12/16/newsc/index.html?source=rss Chief Justice William Rehnquist's writings on impeachment contain good news for President Clinton. By Steve Erickson Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/media/col/eric/1998/12/09/eric/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/col/eric/1998/12/09/eric/index.html?source=rss When presidents, both living and dead, can't even keep their DNA private, there is no realm we can call our own. By Christopher Shea Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/11/18/cov_18featurea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/11/18/cov_18featurea/index.html?source=rss DNA evidence shows that Jefferson fathered at least one of Sally Hemings' children, and his academic defenders are scurrying to cover their tracks. By Christopher Hitchens Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/11/18/cov_18featureb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/11/18/cov_18featureb/index.html?source=rss Answer: they're both protected by a group of credulous historians. By Lesley Gold Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/13/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/13/feature/index.html?source=rss Former Rep. Pat Schroeder talks about her 24-year stint in Congress, sharing a chair with Ron Dellums and why Monica Lewinsky is no victim. By Lesley Gold Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/13/13feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/1998/07/13/13feature/index.html?source=rss Former Rep. Pat Schroeder talks about her 24-year stint in Congress, sharing a chair with Ron Dellums and why Monica Lewinsky is no victim.