A new year has brought substantial work for me and I am only now beginning to get caught up. Thus, there has been a break in my postings. I am glad to be able to write something today.
Last Friday night saw another fascinating Bill Moyers program. This is a man who continues to pay penance for his part in the Viet Nam War fiasco. Friday night's program featured several interesting segments. One was on Tom Paine. The conversation prompted me to get a book of Paine writings from the library.
I have started reading his Common Sense. For some reason I have never read this. It is clearly a great work, greater perhaps than the Federalist papers (some of which I have read). In the beginning he distinguishes between society and its purpose and the reason for government.
I am astounded that I was never assigned to read this work in either high school or college. It is time to ask for my money back!
Seriously, I certainly recommend this book. The information presented here along with the work of other guests on the Moyers program is inspiring me to action.
Best wishes for a meaningful Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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