by commonsenseusa_26skfk | Jul 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
Origin Story Nearly a year ago, I spoke to a room of folks about the current state of affairs, about democracy and what is at stake. In my preparation, I reflected on a couple of key national documents, yet was most impacted by re-reading the Declaration of...
by OP_WPdev | Jul 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Pamphlet that Opened the American Mind Take heed: Tom Paine’s polemics stirred Americans to combat kingly rule forever. “It would be difficult to name any human composition which has had an effect at once so instant, so extended and so lasting. . . . It was...
by OP_WPdev | Jul 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
The People’s House Is Not a Palace In the spirit of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense In the autumn of 2025, the American people awoke to a spectacle that ought never to have occurred in a republic. The wrecking ball had been cast upon the East Wing of the White...
by OP_WPdev | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
On Censorial & Persecutorial Policies Liberty is not partisan; it is an imperative for a freedom-loving people. So, too, silence in the face of tyranny is unforgivable; it is the mark of cowardly people. The Madisonian promise, articulated in the First Amendment...
by OP_WPdev | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
The Ongoing War with No Purpose or End President Trump, who once vowed to “end wars” and not start them, has fallen into a common presidential trap of starting wars . On July 4th, 250 years ago, We the People sent out word to excited (and worried) patriots of our...
by commonsenseusa_26skfk | Jun 24, 2026 | Uncategorized
A List of Grievances Thomas Paine’s pamphlet was an inspiration to Thomas Jefferson as he sat down to write the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson understood that Common Sense was a polemic designed to enflame the passions of the colonists. The Declaration had to...
