PRESIDENTIAL INTELLECT
THE U.S. PRESIDENCY has been blessed, from time to time, with those of considerable intellect. Thomas Jefferson, for example, was a polymath and student of Euclid; natural philosopher and oenophile; … Continue reading
March 3, 2017 · Leave a comment
OUR AXIOMATIC FOUNDING FATHER
“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS to be self-evident” begins the second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence. Its author Thomas Jefferson then enumerates these truths: “that all men are … Continue reading
October 4, 2016 · Leave a comment
JEFFERSON’S TOY BOX
WE’VE ALL heard that Thomas Jefferson was something of a renaissance man, a Leonardo da Vinci of his time. This is corroborated in the fine book, Passions, The Wines and … Continue reading
December 29, 2012 · Leave a comment
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