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Uncommon Sense Issue #356 awaits you! I’ve got some informative content for you. The Self-Development column will lay out for you the value of the 80/20 Rule, something you’ve undoubtedly heard about but may need a tune-up on your understanding on how this can help boost your productivity. The Elephant in the Room column boldly […]

The world runs on imbalance. Twenty percent of your wardrobe gets worn eighty percent of the time. Twenty percent of your clients generate eighty percent of your revenue. Twenty percent of your friends are responsible for eighty percent of your laughter — and, inconveniently, probably eighty percent of your bad decisions. This charming little phenomenon […]

For generations, anti-Semitism was treated as one of civilization’s great moral disgraces — the ancient prejudice that culminated in ghettos, pogroms, and ultimately the Holocaust. Yet today, Jew-hatred has returned in forms both familiar and newly fashionable, often disguised as moral sophistication or political activism. Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas atrocities against Israeli civilians, […]

For years we’ve all accepted a strange bargain with internet search engines: in exchange for “free” search, we surrender our privacy, endure endless sponsored results, and wade through oceans of SEO sludge written more for algorithms than for human beings. That’s why I’ve become increasingly impressed with Kagi, a relatively new search engine that feels […]

At last we arrive at the deepest and most challenging of all inquiries: Why. “Why” questions pursue meaning and purpose. They ask not merely what is happening or how something can be done, but why it should matter at all. Why does this effort deserve our attention? Why do certain values guide our decisions? Why […]

Building Your Power of Expression Yawning, adj. Pronunciation: ‘yôniNG Meaning: Admittedly, when referring to the reflex action of opening the mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to feelings of fatigue associated with sleepiness, the word is a noun. But the word can also be used as an adjective, which is my focus at this time. […]