The term “common sense” is often evoked by President Trump, though his “common” sense can seem grotesquely solitary and ...

As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy ...

Because common sense is the key to understanding America’s original design at every level, America was long known as “The ...

If common sense is background music for American politics, Thomas Paine’s 1776 pamphlet provides the title track. Paine said he would rely on “nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments ...

As a witty friend of mine likes to say, “Say what you want about the liberal arts, but they’ve found a cure for common sense.” Thomas Paine was the great champion of ordinary common sense at ...