Ah, Dear Old Dad … He can fix almost anything, make something from nothing, and he tells great bedtime stories. He’s the Workshop King, Master of the TV, Lord of the Grill, The Yard ...

A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory ... who died the next year. (Of six children, only two daughters remained.) As an antidote to his grief, Jefferson joined John Adams and Benjamin Franklin ...