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Debate: Thomas Jefferson Is Still Alive and Well

(April 19) -- For the last month I have been reading scary headlines. "Texas Crusade Rewrites History Texts," shouts an editorial in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. "Texas Textbook MASSACRE: 'Ultraconservatives' Approve Radical Changes to State Education Curriculum," screams The Huffington Post. The headlines are...

Debate: First Darwin, Then Jefferson - Who's Next?

(April 19) -- "First they came for Darwin and I did not speak out, then they came for Jefferson and I did not speak out, and then they came for me." When German cleric Martin Niemoller (1892-1984) wrote the prototype of that phrase, he chronicled the Nazis' progressive elimination of Jews, Communists and trade unionists,...

Texas Yanks Thomas Jefferson From Teaching Standard

(March 12) -- Widely regarded as one of the most important of all the founding fathers of the United States, Thomas Jefferson received a demotion of sorts Friday thanks to the Texas Board of Education. The board voted to enact new teaching standards for history and social studies that will alter which material gets...

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THE HUFFINGTON POST

The Politics of Sustainability

Whenever I work with companies and organizations that seem to have disagreement on direction, I find it helpful to go back to their foundational documents to reestablish the connection between their past and their desired future.

GADLING

Jeffersonian dorm rooms in Charlottesville

What's the hardest part about living in a dorm room designed by one America's founding fathers in the early part of the 19 th century?

THE HUFFINGTON POST

No More Democrats OR Republicans: A Simple Plan to Dismantle the Two-Party System

Mine is for all Americans, one by one, to leave the two-party system and become independent voters.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

New Smithsonian Exhibit Explores Jefferson's Slave Ownership

As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation.

THE HUFFINGTON POST

Obama Sings 'Let's Stay Together': Prez Isn't The First Commander In Chief To Serenade Public

Is it too much to ask our presidents to uphold the Constitution, command the armed forces, execute the nation's laws â AND provide us with a little musical interlude?

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02/10/12 Local Anesthesia May be More Beneficial in Managing... Source: newswise mednews Newswise â (PHILADELPHIA) â Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that local anesthesia delivered through a catheter in the joint, intraarticularly, may be more beneficial than traditional opioids such as morphine and Oxycontin for pain management following total knee replacement surgery.
02/10/12 PSAL boys basketball borough playoff roundup:... Source: New York Post - New York NY Not even a slow start or an inspired opponent could derail Thomas Jefferson.
02/09/12 Bearcats finish regular season undefeated at 21-0 Source: Times-News - Hendersonville NC
Hendersonville's boys basketball team made history on Thursday night, finishing the regular season undefeated at 21-0 after putting away Thomas Jefferson 80-66 in Mooresboro.
The last Bearcat teams to go unbeaten in the regular season were the 1980 and 1978 teams.
02/09/12 Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals Announces... Source: PR Newswire PHILADELPHIA , Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Trustees of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals (TJUH) today announced the retirement of President and CEO Thomas J. Lewis , effective June 30, 2012 .
02/09/12 Robert Cuccioli, Brooks Ashmanskas, et al. Set for... Source: Broadway World Washington D.C.'s Ford's Theatre has just anounced the cast for their upcoming production of 1776.

Background on ThomasJefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).

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