Great men frequently have their ridiculous sides: greatness and clownishness are not incompatible. This dichotomy was very evident in John Adams. Undoubtedly one of the most important of our Founding Fathers, he nevertheless displayed a distinct touch of the buffoon, a quality of which he was painfully aware. The other founders, even the all-too-human Jefferson, […]

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