Jefferson News

Thomas Jefferson wrote that "music is the favorite passion of my soul." He was an avid collector of musical scores, and believed that the new republic needed to build a musical tradition.

Jim Webb, novelist, warrior and senator, leaves the Senate this year. Man of honor, man of contrasts.

The National Academy of Sciences recently launched its five month public outreach effort in Danville, VA to "brief" the VA public on its recently released report on uranium mining, as required under the NAS agreement with Virginia Tech.

What's the hardest part about living in a dorm room designed by one America's founding fathers in the early part of the 19th century? Braving the elements when nature calls in the middle of the night.

Whether Anti-Federalist or Federalist , Democratic-Republican or Federalist , Democratic-Republican or National-Republican, Democrat or Whig, this vision lay at the center of Americans' beliefs .