On a cold January day in 1776, a 47-page pamphlet written by a recently arrived English immigrant changed the course of human history. Thomas Paine's Common Sense didn't invent the idea of American independence — it made the idea feel inevitable.

Paine wrote for farmers, shopkeepers, and tradespeople — not lawyers or philosophers. He asked simple questions that demanded honest answers.

This postcard is a modern civic pamphlet. It arrives at every door — not because you asked, but because civic education belongs to everyone.