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Matthew C. Simpson
Matthew C. Simpson is a Visiting Scholar at the University of New Mexico.
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February 26, 2019
Matthew C. Simpson
An Engineer of Subversive Ideas
Denis Diderot loved the things that made others uneasy: ambiguity, change, doubt, and the pleasures of the flesh.
July 3, 2017
Matthew C. Simpson
Benjamin Franklin and His Son, Divided by Independence
A new dual biography tells how the American Revolution drove the Franklins apart.
September 29, 2016
Matthew C. Simpson
The Founding Fathers’ Power Grab
Was the Constitution designed to make the United States less democratic?
May 10, 2016
Matthew C. Simpson
Thomas Jefferson’s Double Life
A new biography explains the contradictions in a man who defended equality while owning slaves.
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