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 ...

Statue of Thomas Paine writing Common Sense in Morristown, N.J. (Joe Sohm / Visions of America / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The first soldiers in the cause of the American experiment ...

Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo presenting the recently immigrated Englishman’s clear case for America’s independence from ...

TPMA board members will each read a Thomas Paine Day proclamation as an example of how a proclamation can be written to honor the life of our freethought hero. Thomas Paine Day is celebrated on ...

Thomas Paine was born in England ... Here's a sample from "The American Crisis" describing the ruling class of his day. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the ...

I find myself thinking these days about the American revolutionaries, especially Thomas Paine. Paine immigrated from England to the American colonies in 1774 with a letter of introduction from ...

But Thomas Paine vehemently opposed slavery ... The debate continues to this day: To what extent should America assist people abroad who are yearning for freedom? The great fissure that Paine ...

Who could’ve predicted that a car insurance television ad could cause me half a day of research into Thomas Paine writings and meanings? But, this week a CarShield ad did just that.

Adams wrote to Jefferson, “Every day rolls upon us independence like a torrent. … History is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” It was quickly translated into French ...