Learning By Reading Was The Linchpin Of The American Revolution

Alan: Tom Paine's "Common Sense," published January 10, 1776, was read by a staggeringly high percentage of Americans, and historians agreethat this rhetorical masterpiece (still the best-selling American title of all time) turned a decisive number of colonial royalists to the revolutionary cause.

Common Sense

Thomas Paine

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)

The Founding Fathers And An Informed Citizenry
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-founding-fathers-and-informed.html

American Conservatives And Aggressive Ignorance

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/08/american-conservatives-and-aggressive.html

Compendium Of Best Pax Posts On Aggressive Ignorance - Proud, Boastful, "Make Shit Up Out Of Thin Air" Ignorance

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/09/compendium-of-best-pax-posts-on.html

"Watching Only Fox News Makes You Less Informed Than Watching No News At All"

Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/study-watching-fox-news-makes-you-less-informed-than-watching-no-news-at-all-2012-5

It's Official! Watching Fox News Makes You Stupid

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167999/its-official-watching-fox-makes-you-stupider

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