© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Sometimes we draw our inspiration from movies. Last week, TCM aired a musical comedy with Fr...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Last week, while filling our car with gas, we noticed a truck with a large number of bumper s...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Last week, we saw an interview of a Ku Klux Klan member. He made frequent reference to ...

© 2008, the Institute for Applied Common Sense On November 30, 2008, shortly after Sen. Obama’s election, we asked our readers whether any g...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense In the world of social commentary, there are “observers” and “critics.” People often ask how ...

In Post No. 118 , we posed a number of questions about principles, pragmatism, and situational ethics regarding the relationship between the...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Earlier this year, in our Post No. 95, entitled 27 Situations Where People We Respect Claim t...

Back in late April, we generated a post entitled, “ Is There a Positive Side to Anger ?” Many of you responded that there is a positive sid...

We just came across an article indicating that the United States is about to send emergency aid to Pakistan . Several questions: 1. Should...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Contrary to most commentators, we are among the “undecided” in terms of our response to most ...