Father Knows Best

September 20, 2006 | This article appeared in the October 9, 2006 edition of The Nation.

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Have you attacked the Founding Fathers lately? Know anyone who has?
Gordon Wood knows you're out there, on a campaign to dehumanize
Washington, Jefferson and their peers.

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Nicholas Guyatt

Nicholas Guyatt, a fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, teaches American history at the University of York in...

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