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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "common sense"
Looking Back at Tom Paine's Radical Legacy
Nick Penniman, American News Project. July 4, 2008.
An Independence Day look back at the radical influence of Thomas Paine, whose words helped spark the American Revolution.
There's Still Only One Way to Counter Nuclear Proliferation
Johann Hari, Independent UK. October 22, 2007.
The idea of going to war to uphold the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty is a sick joke in an era when the world's leaders are all blatantly burning it themselves.