wrote a 47-page pamphlet, titled "Common Sense," in which he made a passionate argument against the British monarchy and for full American independence. "Common Sense" was published in early 1776 ...

Tom Paine is one of the forgotten names of the American Revolution, but it can be argued that no other man was as important ...

It was simply worded but philosophically profound, published in the rabble-rousing pamphlet ... in "Common Sense" of overbearing, unaccountable government ring as true today as they did in 1776.

Still, many colonists had not seriously considered separating from the mother country—until a history-making pamphlet ... on January 10, 1776. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to ...

Conservatives and Republicans tend to rely on common sense, while Democrats and liberals rely on expert opinion, and both ...

In these respects, today’s America resembles the America of 1776, when divisions ... Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight ...

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.