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...also brisk traffic on the Web for donations in memory of Sally Baron, 71, of northern Wisconsin, and Gertrude M. Jones, 81, of Mandeville, La. Obituaries for both women contained requests that money be sent to any organization working for the removal of Bush from office. And in Jefferson County, Colo., West Jefferson Middle School teacher Martha Swisher sparked a furor by wearing a HE'S NOT MY PRESIDENT button on her coat during a sixth-grade field trip. Republicans in Colorado's state legislature honored the family that lodged the complaint; the teacher now wears a lapel...
...stress the importance of the Constitution, a document fraught with hypocrisy from the opening lines of “all men created equal” following up with the decision that black slaves are equivalent to three-fifths of a man (a dirty secret is that Thomas Jefferson lost the popular vote but won the presidency on the backs of the extra votes given southerners by their slave holders). He claims that the Western “truth” has shaped a society where women and ethnic groups are treated equally, while ignoring the fact that the governorships...
Historical controversy arises once again with the advent of author and historian Gary Wills, here to talk about his new bestseller Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power. Wills explores an aspect of Jefferson’s presidency that is often glossed over: the idea that Jefferson actually achieved his presidency by maintaining the institution of “slave representation.” This event is part of the Harvard Book Store’s November Presidential Series, featuring talks with luminaries such as David Herbert Donald, Harry Wiencek and Gore Vidal. 6 p.m. Free. First Parish Church, Three...
Seven past U.S. Presidents have studied at Harvard and five at Yale—the next closest contender is the College of William and Mary with Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler and James Monroe...
...didn’t have to recreate television as we do in a lot of places,” Jefferson said...