Samuel Adams

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Propagandist of the Revolution January 13, 2023

Sam Adams is the forgotten man of the Revolution, now known more for giving his name to a beer than for his contributions to creating America. In her beautifully written new biography, The Revolutionary, Stacy Schiff shows why Adams was essential to ...

The Rabble-Rouser Who ‘Wired a Continent for Rebellion’ October 26, 2022

What do you call an anti-tax ideologue who spreads false accounts of rape and child murder via the mass media with the explicit goal of bringing down legitimately constituted government?If the man is Samuel Adams, you call him a founder. ...