© 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...

We previously provided a link to this article, by Jonathan Haidt, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. He c...

We recently asked our readers to submit possible topics for discussion, and we received numerous responses. We've posted five of them t...

We recently asked our readers to submit possible topics for discussion, and we received numerous responses. We've posted four of them t...

We previously provided a link to this article, by Jonathan Haidt, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. He co...

© 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...

© 2009, the Institute for Applied Common Sense In July of last year, we generated a piece which asked, “ Does everyone necessarily have a po...

© 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...

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...

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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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© 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...