"Common sense" is often characterized by society, communities, or the people someone exists around. How they act in a specific situation is typically defined by their environment, which is why people ...

Our Commonwealth and indeed our country are suffering from a lack of common sense. Two hundred and fifty years ago this month, Thomas Paine released his 47-page pamphlet “Common Sense.” It was a ...

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 ...

Common sense is closely tied to social awareness, or what psychologists often call social cognition. According to research from Harvard University, people who are overly focused on their own comfort, ...