So come raise a glass to both Toms at the annual Florida Veterans for Common Sense “Thomas Paine Birthday Party" on Monday, Feb. 24, 5:30 p.m. at the Fogartyville Community Media and Arts ...

The video discusses the emergence of an American identity through literature during the 18th-century Revolutionary period. It ...

Our continued reliance on dirty fossil fuels is a tradition that we should challenge,” writes Tom Elder, a volunteer with the ...

A year before we celebrate the Semiquincentennial of the United States we have a choice: can we keep perfecting our union, ensuring it includes all Americans, or let “Othering” and exclusion ...

By allowing a budget that slashes government spending to Americans who desperately need government assistance while cutting ...

The term “common sense” is often evoked by President Trump, though his “common” sense can seem grotesquely solitary and ...

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 ...

Thomas Paine, The Father of the American Revolution ... Americans are in desperate need of a refreshed pass on Paine’s Common Sense pamphlets. Common Sense: Addressed to inhabitants of America ...