© 2020, the Institute for Applied Common Sense My last blog post was on June 4, 2016.  It has been a complex 4 years. Shortly before th...

© the Institute for Applied Common Sense Although lots of Baby Boomers participate in our forum, our primary target is college students ...

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

© 2009 and 2011, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Our goal here at the Institute is to assist people in ultimately formulating inno...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense Our goal here at the Institute is to assist people in ultimately formulating solutions. We d...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense I have some thoughts about this Barack Obama. However, I must first disclose that I’m not nec...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Having been fortunate enough to have visited a number of countries in this world, some third ...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense Candidate McCain has frequently noted that many of his colleagues headed to Washington to ch...

© 2008, The Institute for Applied Common Sense There are significant problems associated with being an eternal optimist, and always hoping f...

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...

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© 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...

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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...

Many of you interpreted our analysis in “Why Men Cheat,” to suggest that a man can simply blame his behavior on biology. That is far, far, f...