Recently at Reason.tv: Paul Revere and His Relevance to Contemporary America with Author Joel Miller

Is Paul Revere still relevant in contemporary America?

Joel Miller, author of The Revolutionary Paul Revere, says he is.  Miller sat down with Reason.tv Editor in Chief Nick Gillespie to discuss the man, his famous ride, and his relationship to the contemporary political landscape.

"There are an awful lot of corollaries to people today who are frusrated with government," says Miller.  And that's nothing new: "You go back throughout English history you'll find uprising after uprising about taxes…" 

Approximately 10 minutes.  Shot by Meredith Bragg, Josh Swain and Dan Hayes. Edited by Swain.

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Comments

[Jake Boone]

Paul Revere, sure, I suppose he's still relevant. But how does he stack up against Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs?

[Joshua Corning]

What ever happened to Mike and Nick interviews of people?...i really liked those.

[brotherben]

As long as fear, apathy, and entitlement are the order of the day amongst the willfullyy ignorant masses, the clusterfuck that is the U.S. government is in no danger of overthrow by its citizenry.

[Stupid American]

Paul who?