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Do the Founding Fathers Have All the Answers?

June 18, 2015

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Beginning with the legendary rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, and continuing through Barack Obama’s struggle with the Tea Party, historian David Sehat describes how Americans have repeatedly sought out the Founding Fathers to defend their policies. Alexander Heffner, host of The Open Mind on PBS, moderates.

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