Dit gesprek toont dat de oorspronkelijke Amerikaanse politiek afkerig was van grote gecentraliseerde overheden. Niet vreemd in een land dat zijn oorsprong vond in verzet tegen belastingmaatregelen van de Britse kroon.

Dr. Kevin Gutzman is a history professor at Western Connecticut State University, a New York Times best-selling author, and one of the leading Constitutional scholars in the country today. He and Jeff talk about his new book, Thomas Jefferson—Revolutionary: A Radical’s Struggle to Remake America. Dr. Gutzman discusses some of the overlooked ways Jefferson shaped America, and how his radical views are often underplayed by many academics today. Jefferson’s views on self-governance freedom of conscious, and rejection of centralized control made him perhaps the most libertarian Founding Father — one whose ideas are still relevant today.

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