In the spring of 1962, John F. Kennedy held a dinner at the White House for Nobel Prize laureates from nations of the Western Hemisphere. Opening his remarks, he rather famously said, “I think this is ...

A new biography maps out the moral tensions that tormented his mind and tainted his legacy. Thomas Jefferson continues to inspire and divide Americans. Even though he still ranks in the top 10 in ...

Thomas Jefferson was an elusive, contradictory person. He was sort of against slavery, and he sort of wasn’t. He extolled limited government, then purchased Louisiana — doubling the size of the nation ...

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Thomas Jefferson's place in the Founding Fathers pantheon is indisputable. The nation's third president drafted the Declaration of Independence, after all, and oversaw the Louisiana Purchase. But for ...

Thomas Jefferson inspires so many biographies and critiques that our impressions of him seem to fluctuate from decade to decade. His views on religion, race and government are regularly parsed, and ...

With Independence Day coming, what better time to read up on the men and women who founded and fostered our nation? Don't know where to start? We do! We've rounded up the top 10 best-selling ...