U.S. Common Sense

When I revamped the website, I dropped the “Featured Blog” section.  In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am bringing it back … with a twist.  At the bottom of the page, you with find two Featured Blog boxes with content that I find interesting and may not necessarily related to any other articles I have [...]

The following comes from Tom Rants:
Everyone is out hat in hand looking for a bailout, so let me throw in my two cents. Bail out bloggers. Pick the million most serious bloggers in the US and give loan them $500,000 each. This would be the last big bailout the economy needed. It would fix everything.

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It’s that day again. The day that the retail branch of corporate America wants you to go out and buy shit. It’s like the high holy day in the church of consumerism. You always hear about how every year in some other part of the [...]

As I’m sure you have heard, terrorists have laid siege to the city of Mumbai in India yesterday. Many locations were attacked, including the headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch (orthodox Jewish group), the hotel Oberoi, and the Taj Mahal hotel. While the events over there are worth writing about, I want to write more on [...]

We at the U.S. Common Sense blog wish you and your family the very best on this day of Thanksgiving.  If you and/or your family are traveling, may you/they reach their destination safely.  While many look at this day as a day to feast on Turkey and green bean casserole, we need to remember the [...]