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: