Hi alea,
I'll try not to swear in the future.
Burke is on my reading list. I recently finished Common Sense & The Age of Reason.
Then I got distracted what I thought originally was a outrageous comment about Lincoln, only to find upon investigation my perception of Lincoln was entirely wrong. So given limited time too many great minds to investigate I am flummuxed on my next pursuit.
Paine was a great read but apparently he and Burke were at odds.
Maybe I am a some sort of odd libertarian -conservative conglomeration.