On President's Day, Remembering the Admirable President Jefferson

This Presidents Day, Americans need to take a realistic look at the Founding Fathers, in particular, Thomas Jefferson.  The third president of the U.S. has recently come under attack and has been maligned by the political left, after a long period of national admiration and respect.  Let’s not forget that honorary dinners, streets, schools, a landmark memorial, and even a president has been named after him (William Jefferson Clinton). It's a recognition of his many great accomplishments, including the writing the Declaration of Independence, America’s founding document, and its moral compass.  Abraham Lincoln said in 1859: “All honor to Jefferson -- to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document and abstract truth, applicable to all men at all times...” Although Jefferson had flaws, this article is not going to...(Read Full Article)