Before “Common Sense,” most Americans were not calling for independence, seeing it as risky and extreme. Even after ...

250 years after Thomas Paine published 'Common Sense', what can we learn from the revolutionary work today?

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 idea of "common sense" often implies a static, universal understanding of what is practical, logical, and appropriate. It's the unwritten rulebook passed down through generations. However, history ...