Fred Kaplan

Kaplan, an acclaimed biographer, is the author of the new book His Masterly Pen: A Biography of Jefferson the Writer

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In Paris, Thomas Jefferson Revealed His Real Beliefs About Slavery

Thomas Jefferson met with leading Enlightenment thinkers and translated their books but he couldn't ultimately embrace their views on slavery

By Fred Kaplan

The Inside Story of the Five Guys Who Set Out to Reform the NSA

On Friday, Aug. 9, 2013, at 3 in the afternoon, President Barack Obama held a press conference. Two months earlier, Edward Snowden, a contractor with the National Security Agency, had leaked tens of thousands of...

By Fred Kaplan
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