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Welcome to Issue 362 of Uncommon Sense! And welcome to all the new subscribers! I think you are going to find some real value and provocative commentary in this issue. The Self-Development column will launch into some thoughtful commentary on leadership. Read it, apply it, and lead effectively. This one’s a keeper. Trump Derangement Syndrome […]

When we hear the word leadership, most of us immediately imagine other people. After all, you need followers to be a leader, right? Otherwise, you’re just some guy walking around issuing inspirational pronouncements to an empty room. But there is a form of leadership that precedes followers, titles, corner offices, organizational charts, and invitations to […]

Let me begin by disclosing something that may surprise some of my closest friends: I did not vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. Some of my friends will be delighted to learn this. Others may need to sit down. People have varying opinions—strong opinions—about President Trump. They run the gamut from believing […]

Have you ever tried to create a simple flowchart, only to discover that the software apparently expects you to have a minor in graphic design and an advanced degree in Moving Little Boxes Around? Enter Whimsical. Whimsical is a wonderfully intuitive visual-thinking tool for creating flowcharts, mind maps, diagrams, wireframes, and more—without spending half your […]

I am fascinated by the very notion of language. I am mesmerized by the fact that there are roughly 7,159 living languages in use – 44% of which are considered endangered and will very likely become extinct. I am also fascinated by the question of when does a dialect break off and become a language? […]

Building Your Power of Expression Self-Permeable, adj. Pronunciation: self-pərmēəb(ə)l Meaning: Whereas the word permeable refers to a material or a membrane that allows liquids or gases to pass through it, our word self-permeable is not found in most dictionaries. Think of it as a coined or specialized compound adjective. I use it in the sense […]

Here we go! Issue 361 of Uncommon Sense is at your disposal. People often imagine that they need to shield themselves, cloak themselves in a protective Kevlar cocoon, be invulnerable. Not always the right approach. The Self-Development column explains. The Elephant in the Room column demonstrates that, due to the crazed radicals on the Left, […]

There is a peculiar piece of advice floating around these days that says personal growth requires us to “be vulnerable.” Like many pieces of advice, it contains considerable truth—and just enough ambiguity to get us into trouble. Vulnerability does not mean wandering through life emotionally naked, announcing every insecurity to anyone unfortunate enough to be […]

Welcome to the WMBA. No, that isn’t a typo. Let me explain. If the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) ultimately decides that biological males may qualify for its teams simply by pretending they are women, then perhaps intellectual honesty requires changing the name. The Women’s and Men’s Basketball Association (WMBA) has a nice ring to […]

Here’s one of those wonderfully clever websites that you probably never knew you needed until you tried it. PlayPhrase.me is essentially a search engine for spoken words and phrases in movies and television. Type a word, expression, or short sentence into the search box, and PlayPhrase immediately begins serving up short video clips in which […]