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Showing posts with label civil discourse. Show all posts

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Post No. 192: Why Some are Concerned the Terrorists Might Win: “They Can’t be Bought and Don’t Seem to Mind Dying”

© 2014, the Institute for Applied Common Sense This is a tad longer than my typical post of 750 words, but I feel that we Americans need...

Friday, July 4, 2014

Post No. 190a: The Dangers of Being Peculiar

© 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014, the Institute for Applied Common Sense This entire Fourth of July weekend, TV Land is conducting an Andy Gri...

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Post No. 189: Some Observations of, and Life Lessons Gleaned from, the 2014 Super Bowl

© 2014, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Now that we’ve had some time to think about it, we’ve concluded: 1. Pundits, experts, a...

Friday, January 31, 2014

Post No. 188f: The Anticipation (Or Perhaps Lack Thereof)

We first generated this piece in January 2011, just minutes before President Obama delivered his State of the Union Speech at that time. ...

Monday, November 5, 2012

Post No. 181: The Most Deadly Mental Illness in America

© 2012, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We’re not fans of CBS’ 60 Minutes , because we’re not fans of folks who let their values ...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Post No. 179: Neither Republican, Democrat, nor Libertarian are We

© 2012, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We try to stimulate thought, particularly among college students , by providing a forum wh...

Monday, March 21, 2011

Post No. 162: An Ass-Whupping Wuz ‘Bout da Take Place

© 2011, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We’ve been spending quite a bit of time on the bus recently. Apart from saving money, be...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Post No. 154: The Anticipation

© 2011, the Institute for Applied Common Sense It is now 7:59 pm EST, as we begin to type this piece. President Obama delivers his Stat...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Post No. 153: Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones (Rated “C” for “Children Only)

© 2011, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Since we started writing about personal responsibility in April of 2008, many have sugges...

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Post No. 151: Where Our Heads Take Us

© 2011, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Earlier today, while twittering around in Twitter , we saw a tweet from a rather attractiv...

Monday, January 10, 2011

Post No. 148d: Re-Posting of "That Positive Side of Anger Which So Many of You See...."

Back in late April of 2009, we generated a post entitled, “ Is There a Positive Side to Anger ?” Many of you responded that there is a p...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Post No. 139: "Ain't Nobody in Here But Us Chickens"

We recently had the opportunity to meet Lee Schaeffer, the Founder of America 357. America 357 is dedicated to the proposition that the ci...

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Post No. 136a: Article of Interest from the New York Times: Where Did "We" Go ?

Many thought that when President Obama was elected he would become the "Great Unifier." Instead, we have witnessed the full panop...

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Post No. 132: There’s More than Just the Difference in the Price of Your Ticket on the Train

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We’ve always found conflict to be of little value. And generally unproductive. What we’ve fo...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Post No. 131b: Re-Posting Of Post No. 92: Dobermans. Surrounded by Dobermans

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense We have a colleague, a nice guy, who loves Doberman Pinschers. He loves them so much he’s rai...

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Post No. 117: That Positive Side to Anger Which So Many of You See...

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...

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Post No. 115: Have We Learned Anything from Star Trek?

The following appears in the section of our blog labeled, “Its Your Turn™,” which is the program we conduct on college campuses : “One of th...

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Post No. 109: It All Depends on the Price of Your Ticket on the Train

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

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Inspector Clouseau: Although there are other Fellows (namely the Logistician, the Laughingman, and the Optimizer) affiliated with the Institute for Applied Common Sense, I write the majority of the articles posted here. I am someone who was fortunate enough to obtain a decent education and to travel extensively. I had all of the good breaks and luck in the world, and still managed to muck up and disappoint others who invested their faith in me. Although I am obviously not a role model for others, I wish to share my insight (and that of the other Fellows) and experience so that others might not travel down the wandering, non-goal orientated, complicated path which I traveled. I am an individual who discovered, far too late in life, my purpose in the universe, and something about which I could feel passionate. I do not want to see our youth, particularly college students, have to wait so long. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, I am someone who accepts 110% responsibility for all that has occurred to me, and does not think of himself as a victim.

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