In theory, if thoughts we share in our articles truly constitute Common Sense , then the approaches recommended should be able to stand the...

We originally generated this post in 2009, when we thought that the level of political discord in this country was at its peak. At that t...

Prior to making some possible progress on the foreign relations front in connection with Syria's chemical weapons arsenal, and the war...

In one of our earliest posts back in 2008, we examined some of the issues which might potentially arise should the federal government becom...

© 2013, the Institute for Applied Common Sense “It does not matter who my Father was; it matters who I remember he was.” - Anne Sexton...

Earlier today, we ran across an article indicating that spending on the western wildfires raging here in the U.S. had reached 1 billion do...

© 2011 and 2013, the Institute for Applied Common Sense There are certain works of art which, simply by virtue of their name, implore one...

© 2013, the Institute for Applied Common Sense “This is just f---king ridiculous! An innocent teenager was killed.” - the view of 158,1...

© 2008, 2012 and 2013, the Institute for Applied Common Sense This is an individual post generated by one of our Fellows, the Logistician,...

We first generated this piece a couple of years ago. At the time, we were concerned about the public's (and the media's) rush to ...