In Part One of this article, I explored Thomas Paine’s critical role in the creation of our nation. His Common Sense pamphlets inspired the common people to uncommon acts of courage and heroic feats of valor; leading to the great experiment we call the United States of America. Paine, Franklin and the other Founding Fathers produced a republic if we could keep it. John Adams championed the new Constitution precisely because it would not create a democracy, as he knew a democracy “soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself.” Their herculean efforts, sacrifices, and bloodshed have been for naught as we … Continue reading The 4th Turning