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Thomas Paine

From Contract To Bestseller In 60 Days

James Boyce | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Frances Beinecke, Natural Resources Defense Council, Thomas Paine, Copenhagen 2009, Clean Energy Common Sense, Nrdc, Climate Change, Common Sense, James Boyce, Books News
James Boyce

In a slow-moving industry, Clean Energy Common Sense is an anomaly. Frances Beinecke went from book contract to #4 on the Amazon Non-Fiction Bestsellers list in a little over 60 days.

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Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Deism, Religion, Science, Atheism, Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, Francis Collins, Thomas Paine, Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Living News
Dan Agin

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

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Conservatives (Re)acting Badly

Mike Lux | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abraham Lincoln, 4th of July, History, Thomas Paine, Conservatism, Progressive Movement, The Progressive Revolution, Gettysburg Address, Politics News
Mike Lux

What bothers these conservatives so much is the idea that progressive values are at the heart of the American ideal.

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The Internet Is the People's Medium

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 08.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Thomas Paine, Freedom of the Press, Fourth of July, Media News
Jarvis Coffin

We have a custom inside our company, which is to make one of the first orders of business for new employees a meeting to share our mission and values,...

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Al From and the Founding of Today's Majority Democratic Party

Lanny Davis | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Bill Clinton, Thomas Paine, New Democrats, Al From, Dlc, Politics News
Lanny Davis

Mr. Clinton turned to Mr. From and said: "I would never have become president if it wasn't for you."

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Glenn Beck Is Thomas Paine, Except for Everything

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Teabag, Thomas Paine, Glenn Beck, Bob Basso, Tea Party, Tax Protests, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Do you like estate taxes? Paine was pitching them in 1791. How about progressive taxation? Paine wasn't just for it, he made charts and graphs. Welfare? Absolutely.

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We Are All Americans in the Age of Obama

Manisha Sinha | Posted 02.28.2009 | World

Read More: Lincoln, Thomas Paine, Internationalism, Republicanism, Washington, Liberalism, Obama, Inauguration, America, President Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration, President Obama, Democracy, Obama Inaugural Address, World News
Manisha Sinha

In his inaugural address, President Obama called on Americans and those outside America to be citizens of the world. It was a fundamentally new approach to global citizenship.

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Tear Down This Wall, Thomas Paine, The Bible, Khe Sahn, Barack Obama Inaugural Speech, Founding Fathers, Barack Obama Inauguration, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Neil Armstrong, George Washington, We the People, Vietnam War, Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln's Second Inauguration, Barack Obama Inauguration Speech, Lincoln Second Inaugural Address, Shakespeare, Fear Itself, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Gettysburg Address, Sermon on the Mount, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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We Are the Heirs of the First Revolution

John W. Whitehead | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Change, Social Justice, Thomas Paine, America, Revolution, American Dream, Peoria Illinois, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Is there any hope? Yes, there is. But that hope does not rest with a president, Congress or the government. And it never has.

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The Constitution is the Issue

John W. Whitehead | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Signing Statements, Constitution, Barack Obama, George Bush, Patriot Act, Thomas Paine, 2008 Election, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

In all their stump speeches, little to nothing has been said by either Obama or McCain about repairing the damage done to our constitutional freedoms during the Bush presidency.

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Thomas Paine: The Man Who Taught Us That America Is Radical To Its Core

American News Project | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Paine, Fourth of July, American Radicalism, Founding Fathers, US History, American News Project, Politics News

An Independence Day look back at the radical influence of Thomas Paine, the often-overlooked founding father whose words sparked the American Revoluti...

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