We all have our ‘heroes’….those people that we would like to go to a pub and have a beer and talk with……mine, since I was 12 years old has always been Thomas Paine…… Today is the birth date of Thomas Paine….29 January…..a man that we Americans owe a great deal to and have NEVER repaid … Continue reading Citizen of the world: a brief survey of the life and times of Thomas Paine (1737-1809) – World Socialist Web Site