Episode 14: The Words THEY Don’t Want You to Hear

With all due apologies to John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, I am replacing the last episode with this one. That last one was just unwatchable, y'all, and those boys deserve more than that. Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters were the "dress rehearsal for the Revolution" and there is NO WAY I would be forgiven for my transgression against them had I not rerecorded the episode devoted to them. Trenchard and Gordon were more often quoted by the Founding Generation than John Locke, but you would never know that. After you watch this episode, you'll understand why Cato's Letters will NEVER be taught to American children. Our Founding Fathers read these letters when they were children. Benjamin Franklin wrote a bill suggesting that American schoolchildren be given Sidney and Cato's Letters to learn to read and write English well. Can you imagine what would happen if we had a generation of little children raised with Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters instead of Harry Potter? I can and it's GLORIOUS! But, as the Good Book says, "Many are called, but few are chosen." Forgive me, my friends, for the audio in that last episode and for thinking that it was OK to let it be published. It wasn't. I'm sorry. And here I present to you what I believe to be a fitting tribute to John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, and to the words that meant so much to our Founding Fathers: Cato's Letters. #trenchardandgordon #catosletters #cato #johntrenchard #thomasgordon #foundingfathers #foundersrecipe #history #ushistory #catosletters #americanhistory #truehistory #foundinggeneration #colonialeducation #earlyamericaneducation #education #independentwhig #tandg #influencesonthefoundingfathers #foundinginfluences #thefoundersrecipe #classicaleducation #constitution #tyranny #tyrants #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freedomofthepress #liberty