When pressed by White House reporters to explain what he thought caused the recent deadly midair collision between a military helicopter and a commercial airline, President Donald Trump blamed the ...

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 time — perhaps none more so than Donald Trump. The ...

Instead of jumping to conclusions, people with common sense often approach situations with logic. You can always tell when someone is able to use common sense in most situations they find themselves ...

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 ...

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, increasing ...

While each person tends to have their own definition of what collective "common sense" actually is — and believes that they have it — researchers agree that true common sense stems from the ...

From sharp wit to strong personal boundaries, people with true common sense are defined by their small rituals and habits. Depending on the environment they're in and the people they're around, their ...

When you encounter someone who seems to lack common sense, it can be a head-scratching experience. We all have those moments when logic takes a backseat, but for some, it seems like common sense never ...

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 ...

MUNICH, Germany: Four golfers swarm into a little caddy car as they are surprised by a hailstorm during a golf tournament in Munich on 28 June 2005. The storm took ten minutes only, and the sportsmen ...