As today marks July 4th, it's a fitting time to reflect on a remarkable event in American history that unfolded on this very ...

When I reflect on the significance of the Fourth of July, I think of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.

Political and biblical inheritance are far more responsible for the modern-day United States than revolution, liberal ...

The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

At a time when the Trump administration has renewed a travel ban on various Muslim majority countries in Africa and across ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

Yet, higher education has shaped the American experiment from the beginning. Enlightenment ideas studied in 18th-century ...

Thomas Jefferson, steeped in Enlightenment philosophy, wrote that we have the unalienable rights to life, liberty and the ...

Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Part 1 at 8 PM — Jefferson also made himself into a true renaissance man – a scholar, a philosopher, a diplomat, ...

However, when Thomas Jefferson took the pen in his hand ... which prompts us irresistibly to feel and to succour their distresses.” As a moral philosopher, Jefferson wasn’t perfect, obviously – and ...

How about: "you can promote any viewpoint you want as long as it's true." No one is denying that Thomas Jefferson was a great figure in the development of our country. No one is denying that he owned ...

Yes, Jefferson owned slaves, but his natural rights philosophy and conscience never allowed him to feel comfortable doing so. That’s more than can be said for the great majority of slaveholders ...