Something shifted quietly between then and now. Kids who came of age in the 1960s and '70s weren't raised with a manual.

Common sense” reasoning is becoming more common at the Supreme Court. The justices have explicitly relied on common sense to ...

In my youth, I came to understand the term "common sense" as implying that though you may not have extensive knowledge about a topic or even extensive skill in reasoning, you likely have enough of ...

Not everyone without common sense lacks intelligence. In fact, plenty of smart people struggle with everyday judgment. But people with zero common sense tend to say certain statements all the time.

Even though it’s a relatively subjective term, more people than ever are missing the characteristics generally associated with common sense, including kindness, basic empathy, respect for others, ...