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You must read this to gain a better appreciation of the state of discourse in America. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/buckley...

Earlier this week, we mentioned that several former CEOs of AIG Insurance testified before the House of Representatives. During the course o...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Washington, we have a problem. Now, I am neither an economist nor a rocket scientist, I am ju...

We, here at the Institute for Applied Common Sense , generally try to avoid cynicism, since our ultimate goal is to encourage the developmen...

CEO America © 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Shortly after the election of George W. Bush to the presidency, someone commented...

This is a reprint of an op-ed piece by Thomas Friedman originally published on June 29, 2008 Copyright 2008, The New York Times June 29, 200...

Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company September 22, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist Cash for Trash By PAUL KRUGMAN Some skeptics are calling Henr...

© The Institute for Applied Common Sense I believe that there is a strong argument which can be made for the abolition of both the Democrati...

Identification of Republicans vs. Democrats I spend a tremendous amount of watching C-Span. As a result, I watch many U.S. Senate and House ...

Reprint of Article of Interest: What Makes People Vote Republican by Jonathan Haidt Yesterday, a friend of many years sent me the article t...

Earlier today, A friend indicated that when she awoke this morning, she looked out the window at a nearby gas station, and noted that the ga...

Taken from the September 11, 2008 Electronic Edition of the New York Times: Quotation of the Day "Every time I thought I was getting so...

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We, at the Institute for Applied Common Sense, frequently make reference to books and their authors in our articles. For those of you inter...

© 2008, The Institute of Applied Common Sense It is clear that modern day politicians and campaigns use advertising and public relations con...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense There are two things that immediately come to mind with respect to the current Presidential c...

The following article appeared in the Wednesday, August 20, 2008 electronic edition of the New York Times. With all of the chatter last week...

On occasion, we need to stop taking ourselves so seriously, and have a laugh. It is in that spirit that we offer the following, from one of ...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense The following article was originally posted as No. 18 on this blog, and entitled, "How R...