Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On December 19, 1776, Georgia’s Thomas Paine inspired Americans to continue to fight for their independence. Paine is known for his iconic “Common Sense” book that criticized the ...

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 ...

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Thomas Paine was born in England, came to the United States in 1774 and may have done more to create our nation than anyone other than George Washington and a handful of founders. His 47-page ...

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 ...

The 2024 presidential election painted a dismal picture — a country split red and blue, a near-even divide, reminding us how fractured we’ve become. Despite this polarization, nearly three-quarters of ...

Will Donald Trump, who says he “runs the world” and approved a picture of himself with a crown above the caption “Long Live the King,” soon have Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet, “Common Sense,” banned.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. “We have it in our power to begin the world over again,” Thomas Paine proclaimed in Common Sense. Published ...

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 ...

Re “America’s greatest Founding Father: Thomas Paine’s recognition is long overdue” by Omer Aziz (Ideas, Nov. 26): There is a memorial to Thomas Paine but it is in Thetford, England. Imagine my ...