Umm, I believe it is called Free Speech. Anita > Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 18:14:45 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Brent Staples NYT "again" "bad mouthing" Thomas Jefferson > To: [log in to unmask] > > I note that Brent Staples at NYT is at it again, stating that Thomas > Jefferson fathered slave children. He has NO proof of it and just seems > to go back to the earlier NYT articles when the media was believing the > Nature article. Why does he not go to the Scholar's Commission Report > (www.tjheritage.org) and read the truth about the study.....NO proof of > TJ fathering slave children? In my opinion, he needs to drag it out > again every time he writes a slavery or African American story. > > Herb Barger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of S. Corneliussen > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:14 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] NY Times essay > > For Brent Staples to presume the Hemings-TJ paternity is nothing new. He > > mentions it at a rate of once per year or two or so. In my view, what he > > wrote today about the Loving case, however, merits attention. It also > seems > to me that what Jon Kukla contributed about General John Hartwell Cocke > may > merit attention too, though I note that Cyndi Burton's book also has > some > interesting things to say about that. What I, for one, believe does not > merit any bandwidth is a resumption of what Brent Tarter recently called > > "the annual shouting match about Thomas Jefferson and sex and race." > Thanks. > Steve Corneliussen > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > ______________________________________ > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html _________________________________________________________________ Get Free (PRODUCT) RED™ Emoticons, Winks and Display Pics. http://joinred.spaces.live.com?ocid=TXT_HMTG_prodredemoticons_052008 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html