Tag Archives: Common Sense

A Healthy Affordability

A Healthy Affordabilityby Michael DoyleThe trick to this is durability,If you’re looking for real sustainability.Common sense is the secret to an economyIn which everyone gains the needed ability…For all of us to make a reasonable living,And without that ability, there … Continue reading

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The End of the Imperial Judiciary

The End of the Imperial Judiciaryby Michael DoyleIt’s the end of the imperial judiciaryAs we keep freedom as our legacy.No more will lawlessness prevailAs we salute freedom’s swell.A district court has less power than the president.It doesn’t matter who the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Three Great Essentials To Achieve Anything Worthwhile Are, First, Hard Work; Second, Stick-To-Itiveness; Third, Common Sense.

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” – Thomas A. Edison

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Fires Framing Truth

Fires Framing Truthby Michael DoyleHow can you serve the peopleWhen you’re feeding them lies?How can you mislead a motherAnd look her straight in the eyes?You think a dismissive smileIs all you need to wearAs you issue your political denialDon’t you … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Everything You’ve Ever Wanted Is On the Other Side of Fear

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair — Throughout our lives, overcoming fear is essential meeting and achieving our goals. Fear of rejection and/or failure paralyzes us from taking the right actions needed … Continue reading

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First Principles: Laws Are Made For Men of Ordinary Understanding and Should, Therefore, Be Construed By the Ordinary Rules of Common Sense

“Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to be sought for in metaphysical subtleties which may make anything mean everything or nothing at … Continue reading

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First Principles: When We Are Planning For Posterity, We Ought To Remember That Virtue Is Not Hereditary

“When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.” ― Thomas Paine, Common Sense

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Thought For the Day: The Number of College Degrees Is Not Nearly As Important As How Well Students Develop Cognitive Skills, Such As Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Ability

“Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.” … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Education Perverts the Mind Since We Are Directly Opposing the Natural Development of Our Mind By Obtaining Ideas First and Observations Last

“Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among … Continue reading

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New Life Reborn

New Life Rebornby Michael DoyleThe new life rebornKnows its miseryCommon sense would mournThis loss of such historyAs a life lived in painThere are questions that strainA thousand cuts into our moralityAre the price of approaching immortalityLike pawns on chessboard gamesWe … Continue reading

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