“Faith in active opposition to common sense is mistaken enthusiasm and narrow-mindedness, and common sense in opposition to ...

Having common sense is a distinct type of intelligence, one that differs from being book-smart. People with common sense use their innate street smarts, especially when it comes to making life's ...

From a 1925 essay about common sense by GE Moore and the thinking of Wittgenstein, to ideas in politics today, Matthew Sweet and guests debate what 'common sense' means. In 1925 the philosopher GE ...

We started losing our national understanding of common sense back in the 1960s when we were told not to discipline misbehaving children, especially using “corporal punishment,” as that would devastate ...

People with common sense can find themselves instantly annoyed by the chaos of others around them. Grounded in practicality and clear thinking, they tend to rely on logic because they understand how ...

That is how Donald Trump, early in his Inaugural Address, described the principle, or at least the slogan, that would animate his second term. It’s an exquisitely Trumpian formulation — tying the ...