Staci Matlock Yahoo Research scientist Duncan J. Watts thinks common sense is pretty good for many situations, like knowing what to wear to work or when to cross a busy street. But common sense fails ...

How many of us have been admonished, "Use your common sense!" In actuality, the person has no idea what they are talking about, unfair to you. Reality and truth are not the same. We confuse the idea ...

When common sense fails, lawmakers sadly must step in to ban stupid behavior. Several jurisdictions are preparing laws banning texting while driving. Texting is the practice of typing and sending text ...

This story originally published on Oct. 22, 2025. The idea of "common sense" has been central to American politics since the founding of the United States. Politicians still use the phrase all the ...

Rarely a day goes by when the reality of our polarized society doesn’t cause someone to comment that we’re talking past one another, or we need a national conversation about this or that, or we need ...

Professor, English and the Institute for the Comparative Study of Literature, Art, and Culture; Academic Director, Re.Climate: Centre for Climate Communication and Public Engagement, Carleton ...

President Trump and the network have used the phrase to suggest that his policies are the right ones and popular, though polling suggests otherwise. By Stuart A. Thompson President Trump’s rapid-fire ...