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Post date April 11, 2020

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This week’s stories expanded, ruminated, and expounded upon:

This Week in Common Sense, April 6 — 10, 2020.

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Organizing an Ouster
Despite everything, public schooling can help kids learn some important things. …
The Yellow and White Lines
SharingIf I’ve heard it one million times, I’ve heard it …
The Ultimate Legislature
Proposition 22 was supported by 59 percent of California voters …
Nebraska Initiative: Open or Closed?
SharingIn 2008, State Senator DiAnna Schimek’s 20-year legislative career came …
Time to Wait
Sharing“You don’t ever want a crisis to go to waste,” said …

Denial Is a River in Argentina?
November 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.Read More »
Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »

“Dorky” Doesn’t Define It
Sharing“Term limits,” said Daniel McCarthy, editor of The Modern Age, …
Term Limits for the Memories
SharingOpponents say term limits destroy “institutional knowledge.” Imagine legislatures where unsophisticated …
A Barney Frank Appraisal
SharingGuess what: The disastrous policies that spawned our recent mortgage …
Trouble Over Term Limits
SharingAmericans are hardly alone in strongly supporting term limits. All …
Catnip for Arrogant Politicians
SharingArkansas Sen. Alan Clark pretends that his bill, Senate Joint …

Bernie and Economic Law
SharingOne of the things Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is known …
Socialism Is Anti-Democracy
SharingCommon sense politics must peer beneath the superficial attractions of …
Opportunity for … All?
SharingSimple pleasures are the best. So are simple questions. Senate Bill …
The Anti-Orange Man Cult
SharingHow do you know you are in an end-time cult? When …
Smash the Duopoly
SharingWhen Donald Trump called our country’s electoral process a “rigged …