Common Sense Politics

The annual ritual referred to as the G-8 summit was held this year in Japan based on an established rotation. The members of this elite group are the heads of states from eight industrialized nations, namely, the United States of America, Britain, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Russia. This annual event began in the […]

Just because we have not been commenting on the two Presidential campaigns for some weeks does not mean Common Sense Politics has not been watching those two candidates and their respective campaign activities. To be quite honest, it’s been funny and very entertaining and we think that a man like Neil Simon could probably have […]

The history of mankind is filled with stories about so called ‘Lost Tribes, Lost Cities, Lost Civilizations’ and so on. Images of Atlantis, the Incas and the Etruscans and many others come to mind and there has always been a certain amount of mystery and curiosity associated with that. It is in the spirit of […]

At one time or another in our lives we all have heard the old saying “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S.” And B.S. does not stand for Barbara Streisand. Another saying suggests that “Offense is the best Defense.” Couple these two and you have NASA scientist James Hansen who celebrated […]

We all have heard buzzwords from politicians over the many years since the invention of political slogans. Many of them have become bumper stickers as well and have been effective while others have been not so successful. Overall though, since they keep popping up, politicians and agenda driven people and groups must think of them […]

Who would have thought in 1776 that the newly crafted Declaration of Independence would be the birth of a nation celebrating it’s 232nd birthday today, the United States of America. The 56 signers of this document represented the original thirteen states and it concludes with ‘we mutually pledged to each other our Lives, our Fortunes […]