Barack Obama – a symbol of hope and democratic values – emerged as a polarizing figure in foreign policy circles. While ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked ... of "federalism," the dangers to republican government, and foreign policy. In broad terms, Federalists favored an "energetic" central ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...