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America's unsung hero -- Growing up with inequality -- Hardships as a young adult -- Early political publishing -- A fateful meeting with Benjamin Franklin -- Paine finds his voice -- A call for independence -- Times that try men's souls -- Serving a new nation -- Rights of man -- From French hero to enemy -- The age of reason -- Coming back to America -- A mind for invention -- Inspiration for workers and women -- Paine's legacy for the nation

Let's talk about basic public speaking -- Book clubs. Part I, The basics -- Book clubs. Part II, Time to discuss -- When authors speak -- Author interviews -- Panel discussions -- Writer-in-residence programs and awards -- One book, one city

Hobbits and hooligans -- Ignorant, irrational, misinformed nationalists -- Political participation corrupts -- Politics doesn't empower you or me -- Politics is not a poem -- The right to competent government -- Is democracy competent? -- The rule of the knowers -- Civic enemies