Peter Talbot’s Reviews > Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies > Status Update

The Rights of Man is named poorly: it might be better titled: why Edmund Burke is wrong to be a toady for hereditary monarchy.

Finished "Common Sense": in many ways the first great example of American polemical writing. Note: Paine does not admit of the viability of citizenship for slaves, indigenous Americans nor any other than the Christian religion (as sects).
Begun: "The Rights of Man"