Critical Thinking

Was Thomas Paine a Secret Tory? It Defies Common Sense

by Richard Briles Moriarty

Did Thomas Paine actively write against the American cause after emigrating from England in late 1774 and only opportunistically pretend to support the cause?...

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Interviews

April 24, 2024

This Week on Dispatches: Raphael Corletta on the Two “Empires of Liberty”

by Editors

On this week’s Dispatches, host Brady Crytzer interviews JAR contributor Raphael Corletta  about his recent article on the contrast between Thomas Jefferson's "Empire of...

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War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783)

April 23, 2024

The Milford Connecticut Cartel

by Tom Hogan

As 1776 was ending, a group of about 225 American prisoners was released from the British prisons in New York City to be sent...

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Reviews

April 22, 2024

Ordinary Greatness: A Life of Elias Boudinot

by Sam Short

BOOK REVIEW: Ordinary Greatness: A Life of Elias Boudinot by Andrew Farmer (American Bible Society, 2022) Paperback $17.95, eBook $9.99. Andrew Farmer’s Ordinary Greatness:...

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Critical Thinking

April 18, 2024

Dr. Warren’s Crucial Informant

by J. L. Bell

On April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren, leader of the Patriots still inside Boston, gathered information about a possible British army march from many...

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