Today in history, two of my favorite things collide: Thomas Jefferson and dueling.

by Thomas Howell Jones
Two disclaimers:  One, I obviously don't actually support dueling.  I am glad that as a nation we have hung up our swords and dueling pistols, because we should try to solve conflict through deliberative dialogue, ammiright?  BUT from a historical perspective, dueling is, well, kind of awesome.  Or fascinating.  Let's go with fascinating, that seems more academic. ...