Birthday Party Politics
The Thomas Paine Birthday Celebrations
It’s hard to imagine that a birthday party could have so much importance, but the Thomas Paine Birthday Celebrations literally supercharged the democratic reform movements that are the foundations for the arguably declining freedoms and liberties we enjoy today. Doubt it? Read on.
The mongraph linked below was originally presented in the 2005 Thomas Paine International Symposium held at San Diego State University and printed in Ronald F. King and Elsie Begler, eds., Thomas Paine: Common Sense for the Modern Era (San Diego: San Diego State University Press, 2007), 174-189. This piece was written at an early stage of the author's writing development, so apologies are in order for the occasional sophomorism.
Fair Use is permitted under its 2005 Copyright with credit to the author. Permission f
or for-profit use is required. Thank you.
