Last month, a postal worker here in town found a poorly hand-written envelope addressed to God, with excessive postage. He opened it and dis...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We frequently suggest that in tackling problems, we examine history, starting with a minimum ...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense On most news issues, we don’t have an opinion. At least, not immediately. We like to think s...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense There’s a good and bad side to everything. Including conduct and relationships. (Are ...

The following article appeared in the April 22, 2009 electronic edition of the New York Times: April 22, 2009 Op-Ed Columnist Swimming Wit...

Something’s bothering us. How in the heck did so many become experts on economic theory overnight, and declare themselves competent to expo...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Some weeks ago, we expressed concern about the “tone” of discourse in our forum. It never re...

For years now, many in the media and journalism businesses have weighed in on the coverage of crime by local news outlets. Many investiga...

Earlier today, we contacted one of our long-term colleagues and mentioned that we were suffering from combat fatigue and post-traumatic stre...

We chose the title appearing above to have a little fun, and also to stimulate some thought about an issue about which many appear concerned...