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Michael Conde McGinley (October 13, 1890 – July 2, 1963) was an American publisher. From 1948 until his death in 1963, he was the editor and publisher of the semi-monthly newspaper Common Sense, which reached a paid circulation of more than 100,000 by the mid-1950s.
Paine's attack on monarchy in Common Sense is essentially an attack on George III. Whereas colonial resentments were originally directed primarily against the king's ministers and Parliament, Paine laid the responsibility firmly at the king's door. Common Sense was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution. It was a clarion call ...
The Common Sense series included thirteen political books published by Victor Gollancz Ltd in the United Kingdom during the early 1960s. They were intended to provide a general objective background on a particular topic and were addressed at the general reader who did not have specialised knowledge of the field.
Common Sense, a 1775–76 tract on American independence by Thomas Paine; Common Sense (book series), a 1960s series of political books published in the UK by Victor Gollancz; Common Sense (Benn and Hood book), a 1993 book by Tony Benn and Andrew Hood; Common Sense (American magazine), an American political magazine 1932–1946
The story is set in the near future, when "roadtowns" (wide rapidly moving passenger platforms similar to moving sidewalks, but reaching speeds of 100 mph) have replaced highways and railways as the dominant transportation method in the United States. Heinlein's themes are technological change and social cohesion.
“There was a sense of hopelessness,” he added. When Detroit became the largest municipality to go bankrupt in 2013, it had fallen hard from its glory days of the early to mid 20th century ...
"The Fight Over Common Sense: Every politician and the Tea Party claims the mantle of 'common sense' but Sophia Rosenfeld says they misunderstand Tom Paine, who had a radical agenda that would surprise his fans on the right". Newsweek Web Exclusives. ProQuest 875563885. Spencer, Mark G. (June 2012). "Common Sense: A Political History". Isis.
Kenneth R. Schneider in Autokind vs Mankind (1971) called for a war against the automobile, derided it for being a destroyer of cities, and likened its proliferation to a disease. In combination with his second book On the Nature of Cities (1979), he called for a struggle to halt and partially reverse negative developments in transportation ...