The common sense here is that we fire the administrations and teachers for their betrayal of their mission to educate our future. Yet we make excuses and the status quo worsens with every coming year.

The term “common sense” is often evoked by President Trump, though his “common” sense can seem grotesquely solitary and unique, as for example when he cruelly shut down the USAID program ...

Conservatives and Republicans tend to rely on common sense, while Democrats and liberals rely on expert opinion, and both approaches are valid in their own way.

When common sense is promoted as a virtue, it’s not just to celebrate how regular people understand the world. It promotes a worldview that rejects empirical facts and paves the way for propaganda.

Instead, the agency has asked the court to defer to what it calls a "common-sense product of reasoned decision-making." This language might sound like harmless bureaucratic boilerplate.

In the 18th century, philosopher James Beattie compiled a list of 17 common-sense beliefs. A few are incontrovertible: “I exist”; “A whole is greater than a part”; “Virtue and vice are ...

A stricter definition of common sense, in which everyone has to agree with a claim for it to count, cut that number to just 6.6%. Where exactly a sensible cut-off lies is a matter for debate.

President Trump declared it was “liberation day” moments after being sworn in as president Monday — vowing “the golden age of America begins right now” with a ‘revolution of common ...

A Common Sense Budget Reconciliation Bill My committee’s legislation supports U.S. innovation, strengthens Medicaid, and ends Green New Deal-style waste. By Brett Guthrie May 11, 2025 6:00 pm ET ...