I am in a meeting all day. The video I have been meaning to record is still unrecorded. So, maybe all I need is a #lastminute link. Or a hashtag:
Yes, this is satire. A satire, I like to think, on all the superficial, nonsensical activism out there.
But by the way, thanks for your all your super and sensible activism in recent years. #doitright
The folks at Cato have something to say about the State of the Union:
Please, please, don’t be a pessimist. Steven Pinker interviewed by Caleb Brown, courtesy of Cato Institute:
Thomas Paine
COMMON SENSE
— published anonymously on Jan. 10, 1776
Open Yale Courses: A lecture by Dr. Joanne Freeman, Professor of History at Yale University. [45 min]
Discovery Channel: A segment about Thomas Paine [3 min]
Liberty’s Kids – “Common Sense” [22 min]
Episode 12: “James, Sarah and Henri meet Thomas Paine and learn of his belief that the common man can rule himself.”
(This is animated and great for kids. Paul liked it, too. )
The late Christopher Hitchens lectures on Tom Paine [60 min]
YouTube: Common Sense by Thomas Paine Sparked the American Revolution
By Constitution Man [10 min]
The Most Valuable Englishman Ever – Part 1 [60 min]
By Kenneth Griffith
And finally, why not read Common Sense for yourself? Indeed, you can read it on this site! Click here.
Ms. Julie Borowski highlights 2014 in its top stories:
Stefan Molyneux talks about a startling moment in the history of warfare:
This is, in its own way, quite charming, don’t you think?
What we wish a newly elected president would say.
A movie has been made from the science fiction novel Alongside Night, by the author of the book, and starring Kevin “Hercules” Sorbo. These two interviews provide an interesting look at not merely the film in question (which we here at Common Sense haven’t seen), but also the transit of the American ideal through the old domain of Hollywood and the revolutionary realm of independent film:
To learn more about the film, visit the official website.
This is a blast from the past. Cut to the 5:33 mark to begin the interview proper.
Thirty years ago, on this date, Paul Jacob was arrested by three FBI agents for not registering for the draft.
An interesting take on what the Wall Street Journal calls “little fiefdoms”:
Maybe they should be called “little thiefdoms”!