Archive for: Thomas Jefferson

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Reframing the Constitution

By Sanford Levinson

Red or blue, everyone venerates the Constitution. But one UT professor believes we need change. It has become almost a convention of contemporary American politics—like...

Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: UT Professor Explores Islam and the Founders

By Denise Spellberg

UT history professor Denise A. Spellberg explores what founders like Thomas Jefferson thought of Islam—and what that might teach us about the culture wars still...

Why Public University Presidents Are Under Fire

By Jeremi Suri

We know an industry is in crisis when its top institutions cannot establish stable leadership. That is the case with some of our nation’s best public universities...