The Strange Hypnotic Power of the Transgender Craze

I am going to begin with a premise. My premise is straightforward: it is biologically impossible for a man to become an actual woman or for a woman to become an actual man. Modern medicine can alter a person’s appearance through surgery and hormone therapy. It can change certain secondary sex characteristics. But it cannot […]

If you Mac Users out there spend any amount of time working on a computer, taking screenshots is probably part of your daily routine. But if you’re still relying on your operating system’s built-in screenshot tool, you’re missing out on one of the most polished productivity apps I’ve ever used. CleanShot X is a powerful […]

This week I found myself in a place that most people spend their lives hoping never to enter: a women’s prison. A small group of us had been invited there to spend an hour with about fifty inmates. We sang a few songs, offered words of encouragement, prayed together, and, perhaps most importantly, simply spent […]

Building Your Power of Expression Scurrilous, adj. Pronunciation: ‘skaralas Meaning: This word refers to the making of scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation. Important note: it almost always carries the implication that the attack is not merely harsh but also unfair, abusive, or malicious. It is not ordinarily used for […]

We’ve got some great content here in Issue #359 of Uncommon Sense! We all make mistakes. But how we respond to our own mistakes really matters. We cannot afford to be cavalier about them, nor can we afford to be too hard on ourselves. The Self-Development column helps you strike the proper balance. We recently […]

Most of us are far more forgiving of other people than we are of ourselves. A friend makes a mistake at work, and we tell him, “Don’t beat yourself up. Learn from it and move on.” Yet when we make a similar mistake, we become our own harshest critic. We replay the error repeatedly, dwell […]

July 4, 2026, marked an extraordinary milestone: the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States of America. For a quarter of a millennium, this nation has stood as history’s greatest experiment in ordered liberty. It has endured wars, depressions, assassinations, pandemics, social upheaval, and countless political storms. Yet through it all, the American […]

Have you ever found yourself saying, “I know I saw that somewhere…”? Maybe it was a website you visited yesterday. A brilliant idea you jotted down in a document. A statistic someone mentioned during a Zoom meeting. An email you glanced at but forgot to save. You know it crossed your screen—you just can’t remember […]

I deliver a presentation entitled Navigating the Storms of Life. It has been one of my most requested presentations over the years, and I’ve had the privilege of sharing it with audiences in several countries. The “storms” I discuss in that presentation are, of course, metaphorical. They include things like loneliness, financial setbacks, conflict, disappointment, […]

Building Your Power of Expression Malodorous, adj. Pronunciation: mal’ōdərəs Meaning: This word is to be used to describe anything (or anyone) possessing an unpleasant odor. If spoiled roast beef wreaks, it could be said to be malodorous. If you are walking into a Paris subway and right in front of you is a man who […]