The revolutionary rallying cry 'Common Sense' — challenging authoritarian rule, countering the sway of the wealthy and upholding the will of the majority — is as relevant in 2025 as it was in 1776.

“Common Sense” wasn’t simply a call for independence but also a denunciation of monarchies. Paine would be outraged that an ...

David Constantine on the book he considers not just his, but the citizen’s book of a lifetime – just as much now as when it ...

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Over and over, their actions violate the law — either the Constitution, or statutes, or both. Some moves may be designed to ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, but it was another Tom, Thomas Paine, who provided Jefferson with inspiration. Published in January of 1776, Paine's Common Sense was a cry ...

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 ...