Common Sense: A Scathing Attack on Unlimited, Centralized Power
By: Michael Boldin January 10, 1776. Today in history, Thomas Paine published the first edition of Common Sense – a 47 page pamphlet that defended and inspired the cause of independence like no ...
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Thomas Paine: Fear, Government Power and Standing Armies
By: Mike Maharrey From the earliest days of the republic, politicians have used fear to expand government power. This was the strategy the Federalist Party used to get a standing army. ...
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Resistance is Crucial to the Advancement of Liberty
By: Mike Maharrey Patrick Henry told us that “government is no more than a choice among evils.” Thomas Paine held the same view. In Common Sense, he wrote, “Society in every state ...
Read more.The Founders Predicted our Economic Crisis
By: Michael Boldin Did Thomas Jefferson call the economic crisis? “Every thing predicted by the enemies of banks, in the beginning, is now coming to pass. we are to be ruined ...
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Paper Money Is Evil
By: Mike Maharrey Thomas Paine warned us about the evils of paper money. We’re seeing the results of that evil in rampant inflation today. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cew13KXjrA3/
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We Have it in our Power to Begin the World over Again
By: Michael Boldin In the Appendix to Common Sense, first published on January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine wrote about the “birthday of a new world,” with this timeless reminder that ...
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Thomas Paine on War (and other Founders too)
By: Michael Boldin Outspoken and famous for writing “The Crisis,” “Common Sense,” and “The Rights of Man,” Thomas Paine had some choice words about war that people would do well ...
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