This is the first posting of Uncommon Sense and I thought it would be valuable to readers to know purpose of this blog.  It is not to point out that I am the possessor of uncommon sense, but instead to make reference to the lack of what used to be known as common sense in many of our elected officials, judges, policy makers, mainstream media, and even the general public.  As example, it was until recently considered to be common sense that marriage was the union of a man and a woman and that having a father present to help with the rearing of a child is in the best interest of both the child and the mother except in extremely rare cases.  However, on daily basis these common sense beliefs are not only questioned, but mocked as old fashioned, outdated, and even bigoted.  In establishing energy policy it would seem to be common sense that making one of the main food staples of both the American diet and much of the world an energy resource would create higher food prices and food shortages.  Apparently, such sense is uncommon in the halls of Congress and in the, supposedly, brilliant minds of those in the climate change/global warming movement like Al Gore.  It would seem to be common sense that drilling in ANWR and the outer continental shelf would increase the supply of oil, lower prices, and reduce our dependence on foreign sources while we move to find other alternatives for future energy use, but to the Democratic nominee for president and many others in the Democratic leadership this seems beyond their logical powers.

My hope with this blog is to shine light on such violations of common sense and point out where common sense solutions can be applied to the challenges that face our families, our nation, and our world.  In short the goal is to make uncommon sense common again.