Advocates for US military intervention have invoked the war against the Barbary pirates as justification. Yet, an examination ...

God-fearing citizens were indignant, agnostics surprised, atheists delighted, at a letter mailed and made public last week by one Freeman Hopwood of Manhattan who signed himself “General Secretary of ...

U.S. President Thomas Jefferson once said: “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take everything that you have.” As Anne Berkes, the author of the ...

In June 2024, Snopes received an email from a reader asking about a quote purportedly originating from Founding Father and third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson. The reader's email displayed a quote ...

Directed by Jon Hirsch, the six-part docuseries Thomas Jefferson is a comprehensive look at the life of the Founding Father who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, as well as ...