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            Consider Common Sense and the rest of America are currently witnessing the greatest financial fiasco of all times. At first glance, it looks like the world has gone insane and is nearing its final days. And it appears to hit every country on this planet, even those who enjoy the current economic woes of the [...]

As Iran keeps its name in the news – if not daily – at least twice a week, we heard recently that Iran might have enough nuclear material for an atomic bomb, it is not yet of the high-grade quality to complete a bomb. The question remains, why does this country want an atomic bomb [...]

As Iran keeps its name in the news – if not daily – at least twice a week, we heard recently that Iran might have enough nuclear material for an atomic bomb, it is not yet of the high-grade quality to complete a bomb. The question remains, why does this country want an atomic bomb [...]

          As we have in the past, Common Sense Authors will share an article written earlier this year by Mark Steyn, a well-known and respected author and columnist who has authored several books, most recently America Alone: The End of the World as we know it. His columns appear weekly in several newspapers and magazines [...]

          As we have in the past, Common Sense Authors will share an article written earlier this year by Mark Steyn, a well-known and respected author and columnist who has authored several books, most recently America Alone: The End of the World as we know it. His columns appear weekly in several newspapers and magazines [...]

This is a very simple explanation of the economic mechanisms that led to our current finacial crisis.

            The four debates are history and generally speaking, they did not produce the results the voters expected. Common sense should tell us that if something does not work or does not serve a purpose any longer, change it or do away with it. What are we talking about, you might ask and you should. [...]

              The first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America – the Bill of Rights – were ratified effective December 15, 1791. The very first Amendment reads as follows:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or [...]

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 [...]

Political Common Sense cannot quite stop talking more about the real culprits of America as we identified them in our previous article, Congressional Culprits Revealed. First off, let us remind ourselves what the United States Constitution says about the branches of government:
The Executive and Legislative are constitutionally equal branches of the United States

On May 15, 2008, four California Supreme Court Justices made history! They overturned a ban on same sex marriages as voted on by California residents in 2000, known as Proposition 22. This proposition explicitly defined marriage as being a union between a man and a woman. Not that this is anything new; this has been [...]

As Common Sense Authors have done in the past, we want to share an article with you we came across recently. It is actually the transcript of a speech delivered by William Tucker, a veteran journalist who spoke at Hillsdale College on January 29, 2008, during a conference on “Free Markets and Politics Today.” Mr. Tucker’s work [...]

Since most of us survived the annual trauma of tax day last week, it might be of interest to shine a different light on our wonderful progressive Federal tax system. As Common Sense Politics, we have been bothered for a very long time by the class-warfare as played by politicians, primarily liberals, also known as [...]

The second ‘Super Tuesday’ for the remaining Presidential candidates has come and gone. For us here as Common Sense Authors, we can share with you what you already know and we can still comment on it from our perspective. While there is a clear winner on the Republican side when John McCain attained more than [...]

California has long been held in public opinion as the place where things start, whether they, those things, are good, not so good or even outright bad. And generally speaking, Californians are somewhat proud of that. It was therefore only a matter of time before someone had to come up with this idea: Make Global Warming, [...]

 
The five-year old education reform law called ‘No Child Left Behind, a.k.a. NCLB, is for some stupid reason expiring this year and requires re-authorization to continue. Anybody who is vaguely familiar

 
Congress has now been under ‘new’ leadership for about seven months and it’s not a pretty picture to say the least. But then, one should not look for pretty pictures when it comes to politics in this country. Whether it is responding to their constituents or following their true beliefs, the Democrats are focusing on [...]

Without tracing the following story’s origin, we came across it by way of an e-mail from a friend and then saw it show up on another website as well. We will share the story first and then add our commentary:
“I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with [...]

 
The terrible events on April 16 on the campus of Virginia Tech University have been recorded, reported and debated ad nausea in all media outlets for the past few weeks and when everything was said and done, they started all over again by looking at different angles etc. We do not intend to contribute here. [...]

 
Whoever followed the so called “Duke Lacrosse Rape case” when it began about a year ago had to be somewhat bewildered by the veracity of the Durham County District Attorney, one Michael B. Nifong,

 
Remember Inspector Jacques Clouseau? He was the bungling French police detective played by Peter Sellers in the ‘Pink Panther’ movies whose approach to solving crimes was very unorthodox to say the least. Well, there is a sequel that played out during the past few years and ended recently right here in America that matches the [...]

 
One of the world’s most dreadful diseases of all time has been and still is malaria. In fact, one could consider it the single biggest killer of human beings through history. It has killed untold millions of people over centuries, especially in more tropical countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. In general, it attacks [...]

    
     By sheer coincidence, we came across a book written about Jaime Escalante, the truly phenomenal teacher from Bolivia who enabled students at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles to master calculus and become shining examples of excellence in learning. His life’s story is incredibly impressive and was a joy to read: Escalante; [...]

 
     The 110th Congress opened for business January 4, 2007. This year’s event was different from previous ones in that for the first time since January 1995, there was a change in management…the Democrats are in control of both houses of Congress. It was unusual for another reason. For the first time in American history, [...]

 
     It does not seem to matter how much money the State of California allocates for education, it appears that it is never enough. During the just completed campaign for governor resulting in the re-election of Arnold Schwarzenegger, members of the teacher’s union attacked the governor relentlessly that he was not trustworthy because he had [...]