That would be Thomas Paine, the man credited with turning the American Revolution from a complicated Colonial fracas into a titanic struggle for the soul of liberty itself. If Cross is skeptical that ...
Thomas Paine, a reluctant English tax collector and failed businessman who arrived in America on the eve of revolution, published "Common Sense" on this day in history, Jan. 10, 1776. "In the ...
I read Matthew Redmond’s C “Paine made the best case for fighting kings” in the Oct. 11 Brazosport Facts. If you skip over ...
America is taking a step closer toward marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by erecting a new monument to Thomas Paine in the nation’s capital. The omnibus spending bill President ...
With half a million copies sold by the end of the American Revolution, "Common Sense" remains one of the best-selling works of all time relative to the U.S. population. (Bettmann Archive) The 2024 ...
Editor: I read the recent letter “Former Trump supporter lost faith after Jan. 6,” (Feb. 29) regarding a quotation from President Washington’s Farewell Address. Remarkably, I had read it and Thomas ...
Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" — more than any other single publication — paved the way for the Declaration of Independence. It was completed on Jan. 10, 1776, less than two years after Paine ...