Welcome To My Blog

Hello and welcome.

The first thing a new visitor might wonder is, why the name “Return to Common Sense”?  This reflects my thinking that most of the issues of our day can actually be understood by the application of what is usually called “common sense”.  (Don’t ask me where that name came from because, in my experience, it is anything but common.)

The point is that any rational individual, using only their native intelligence, sans any extended or specialized education, should be able to grapple with real issues.  For sure, there are many in politics, the media, and academia who would have you think this is not true but, I assure you it is.

Yes, you might occasionally have to break down really complex issues into their component parts (that is, into units small enough to be dealt with), but this is no real task.  Simply approach things like you would the task of eating an elephant… nobody reading this is capable of eating an elephant in one bite.  But all of us should be able to eventually devour the beast one bite at a time.  Dealing with issues is no different, plus, you don’t have to develop a taste for elephant!

You might also notice, from the above, that I attempt to inject a bit of humor — perhaps outright silliness — into my otherwise weighty pronouncements.  This is intentionally done to remind both you and me that I am not to be taken too seriously.  Even though the topics I hope we discuss here are often deadly serious.

Bloggers Note:

There exists a book named “A Return to Common Sense”.  There is no connection whatever, excepting recycling of a clever phrase, between that book and this blog.  In no way should the book’s author, editors or publisher be held responsible for anything contained herein.

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