Table of Contents: Jul. 5, 2004

COVER

THOMAS JEFFERSON

REVOLUTIONARY THINKER Father of independence, owner of slaves: The values and contradictions of a brilliant Founding Father 46

WHERE HIS HEART WAS How Monticello mirrored its master 54

THE BARBARY WARS Fighting the nation's first battle against terrorism 56

NOT SO NEIGHBORLY: Failing to support Haiti's revolution 61

CHURCH AND STATE For Jefferson, politics was no place for religion 62

A CONTESTED LEGACY The family feud that splits his descendants 64

PUTTING LIMITS ON LIBERTY: Jefferson's thoughts on race 69

FOUNDING FOES Why the rivalry between Jefferson and Hamilton lives on 72

AN 18TH CENTURY PATRIOT ACT: The Alien and Sedition laws 76

IN THE MAIL Jefferson's letters reveal his soul 79

LIVING HISTORY: Where are the Jeffersons of today? 82

10 QUESTIONS: Kenneth Starr 8

LETTERS 9

NOTEBOOK 15

IN THE ARENA: Joe Klein on the Bush team's gathering storm 21

WORLD

The New Jihad How militants are turning the resistance in Iraq into an international movement to found a Islamic state 24

LETTER FROM RIYADH 30

DEATH IN SUDAN: Ethnic cleansing has left 10,000 dead 32

NATION

Race for the Senate Why Democrats have high hopes for November 34

JOHN KERRY: Will blacks turn out for him? 36

CITIZEN SLEUTHS: Truckers and bus drivers join the war on terror 38

BUSINESS

Prescription for Restraint Drugmakers take heat for pushing their products' off-label uses 40

SUITS: Wal-Mart's gender gap 44

ARTS

The New It Girl Is King Arthur's Keira Knightley the next Julia Roberts? 84

YOUR TIME

LIFESTYLE: Buying a vacation home; traveling to Libya 91

HEALTH: Is taking sonographic snapshots of your fetus safe? 92

TECH: How to choose a digital camera; an MP3 for the wrist 95

PEOPLE: Britney's engaged; Ben's on a roll 97

ESSAY: Midyear resolutions 98

COVER: Illustration for TIME by Michael Deas