Thomas Paine, Passionate Pamphleteer for Liberty
As nobody before, Thomas Paine stirred ordinary people to defend their liberty. He wrote the three top-selling literary works of the eighteenth century, which inspired the American Revolution, issued a historic battle cry for individual rights, and challenged the...
Why Mercy Otis Warren Belongs in the Pantheon of America’s Founders
by Gary M. Galles, FEE March is National Women’s History Month. But despite the heightened attention it brings to women’s influence in American history, one continues to get far too little attention – Mercy Otis Warren (1728-1814). After all, she has been called...
How the Founders Responded to an Epidemic in the Nation’s Capital
by Lawrence Reed, FEE Do not read this book before eating, or in the midst of a sleepless night. For it is a revolting book, filled with the disgusting details of a loathsome disease. Sounds like the opening paragraph of a one-star review by a merciless critic, but...