Thomas Paine, who turns 289 this year, is the most modern of the Founding Fathers — and he has Jersey connections.
In one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that tries to answer the question, “What would America’s Founding Fathers think if they were alive today?” For Cross, ...
This image provided by the National Gallery of Art shows a painted portrait of American founding-father Thomas Paine by John Wesley Jarvis. (National Gallery of Art via AP)(National Gallery of Art via ...
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense”, published 250 years ago, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of the radical founder’s strange and winding story.
The acclaimed one-man play about the life of the provocative writer Thomas Paine is performed. Triumphs and tragedies of Thomas Paine’s life unfold in To Begin the World Over Again, a one-man play ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 years after “Common Sense” helped inspire the 13 colonies to declare independence, Thomas Paine might receive a long-anticipated tribute from his adopted country. A Paine ...