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Common Sense by Thomas Paine: I
In “OF THE ORIGIN AND DESIGN OF GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL, WITH CONCISE REMARKS ON THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION”, the first section of “Common Sense”, Thomas Paine explores the separation between Society and State. Alistar Butcher continues to presents the Zine that started it all, Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” part 1.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Introduction
Alistar Butcher, scourge of the Public Domain, is back from a NPR high and has searched the depths of the Public Domain to bring you the Zine that started it all.
Thomas Paine was more than a American Revolutionary, he was the Revolutionary. His free pamphlet “Common Sense” ignited the American Revolution and guided the way for future Zinesters to use their voice and effect their world. For your education in America, we start now.
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Flitch…Flitch…Flitch...Flame
i bring the lighter to the bowl
i suck and puff and suck and puff and suck.
pull the chamber, free the carb
and fill my lungs until the slightest pain hits
my receptors.
the pain becomes meaning after
a short ahgh! ahem! ahgh!
The Count of Monte Cristo (Trinity Verson)
This last Sunday, Wesley took his first stab at Open Mic with his poem “The Count of Monte Cristo”. In honer of his brevity to stand up in front of a group of people he knows, we post the poem here for you to enjoy.





