Conservatives and Republicans tend to rely on common sense, while Democrats and liberals rely on expert opinion, and both ...

As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy ...

Paine, Common Sense. The effect of Paine’s post was immediate and electric. As historian Albert Marrin puts it in his biography, “Thomas Paine,” the pamphlet “spread like fire in dry grass.

especially Thomas Paine. Paine immigrated from England to the American colonies in 1774 with a letter of introduction from Benjamin Franklin. Less than two years later, he wrote “Common Sense ...

During the American revolution Thomas Paine, an Englishman, penned a fiery and popular pamphlet entitled “Common Sense,” making the case for American independence. The pamphlet accelerated our ...

If common sense is background music for American politics, Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet provides the title track. Paine said he would rely on “nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments ...

As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy ...

The most famous invocation of common sense was as the title of Tom Paine’s tract that is credited with igniting the movement for American independence and self-government. As (expert ...

The most famous invocation of common sense was as the title of Tom Paine’s tract that is credited with igniting the movement for American independence and self-government. As (expert) University of ...