Professor, English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture; Academic Director, Re.Climate: Centre for Climate Communication and Public Engagement, Carleton ...
While each person tends to have their own definition of what collective "common sense" actually is — and believes that they have it — researchers agree that true common sense stems from the ...
Our Commonwealth and indeed our country are suffering from a lack of common sense. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thomas Paine released his 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense.” It was a ...
Two hundred-and-fifty years ago, on Jan. 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published words that changed the course of history: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” Characterized by Paine as ...
Thomas Paine published “Common Sense” in 1776 as an argument for independence. Americans across the political spectrum have been citing it ever since. By Joseph Rezek Joseph Rezek is an associate ...