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Displaying all articles tagged:
Thomas Jefferson
religion
May 19, 2019
Trump Is Not a Defender of Religious Liberty but a Threat to It
Trump’s combination of hate-mongering and loud identification with Christianity is the antithesis of the American tradition of religious pluralism.
By
Ed Kilgore
state of the union address
Feb. 5, 2019
Abolish the State of the Union Address
Rather than delivering a delayed address that won’t change anyone’s border wall stance, Trump should have seized the chance to end a dumb tradition.
By
Ed Kilgore
Nov. 1, 2017
No, Removing Monuments to Traitors Doesn’t Mean Removing Monuments to Founders
Confederate monuments don’t embody American history; they were built on lies about American history.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 12, 2017
Trump and the Right-Wing Populist Tradition of Judge-Bashing
The politics of Andrew Jackson reemerging in 2017.
By
Ed Kilgore
people who are dead
Oct. 24, 2013
Thomas Jefferson Sucked at Farming
“The worst farmer in Virginia.”
By
Dan Amira
love child
May 18, 2011
Which Politicians Kept Their Secret Children Secret the Longest?
From our Founding Fathers to our robot governors, it could be just months or entire centuries.
By
Dan Amira
rolling in graves
July 8, 2010
Which Recent Commercial Is Most Demeaning to the Founding Fathers?
It’s a tight race between Bud Light, Kraft, and tea partier Rick Barber.
By
Dan Amira