Elektratig (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Joe Biden's recent bizarre comments on the nature of the Vice Presidency bring the following to mind. On January 22, 1797, Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, wrote a letter to his friend and political ally and confidante James Madison that discussed the nature of the office of Vice President, which Jefferson was about to assume. I have added paragraph breaks and emphasis: DEAR SIR,...
My Right Word (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a Fox News interview , Condi Rice notes that she's afraid to write of Thomas Jefferson's desk:- SECRETARY RICE: ...But the other thing is that you do want to show off American culture. And some of the furniture, some of the early American furniture makers and the steel – the pewter work that was done in the United States -- it’s nice to be able to show those kinds of things off. QUESTION:...
Tuttle SVC (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm at the Arlington Career Center this weekend, where we're having a small sprint on the SchoolTool gradebook with Jeff and Alan Elkner, Douglas Cerna (from El Salvador), Filip Sufitchi (a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology ). We're making some progress with planning and coding. Also occupying the school are about 150 Plone sprinters who are following...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Please. For true connoisseurs, such attacks are to negative campaigning what boxed wine is to a 1961 Château Lafite: a weak imitation of the real thing, a tease that makes one yearn for the vintages of yore. We're thinking here of vintages such as 1800 when, during the Thomas Jefferson-John Adams presidential race, the Connecticut Courant wrote that if Jefferson won, "murder, robbery,...
trying to grok (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Mrs has a neat post about what she'd do to change the Constitution. In it, she quotes Thomas Jefferson on his irritation with how people were interpreting the "promote the general welfare" phrase. I have never thought about that...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
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HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Michael Barone , who probably knows more about the American electorate than anyone, has a piece at Real Clear Politics on the state of the race: Does Obama have it all locked up? My colleague at Thomas Jefferson Street, Robert Schlesinger, thinks so. And he may very well prove to be right. When we look back over the course of the campaign some time after November 4, we may very well conclude...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Seven years ago, Annette Gordon-Reed wrote a book examining the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and a 16-year-old slave of his. She argued they were long-term lovers.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Information, according to Thomas Jefferson, former President of the United States of America, is the "currency of democracy". But it is doubtful if Nigerian legislators share Jefferson's view or so it seems. Four years after the Freedom of Information (FoI) Bill scaled through the first reading at the lower chambers of Nigeria's National Assembly, Nigerians still bear the brunt...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Political] offices are as acceptable here as elsewhere, and whenever a man cast a longing eye on them, a rottenness begins in his conduct. – Thomas Jefferson
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
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Through the Prism (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Information is the currency of democracy. --Thomas Jefferson A man without a vote is man with-out protection. --Lyndon B. Johnson The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. --Lyndon B. Johnson Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge...
Texas Kaos - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... WHEN: Tuesday, October 14, 2008. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Program begins at 6:30 pm. WHERE: Thomas Jefferson High School - 4001 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas To learn more about Rick Noriega's campaign for Texas families visit .
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
The Thomas Jefferson Street gang has weighed in—now you let us know what you think.
Right Mind (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
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