Sentences with phrase «on the common sense of»

Drawing on the wisdom of thinkers as diverse as St. Augustine and Leon Kass, and on the common sense of such figures as Charlie Brown and former NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski, Schall wittily argues that «unserious activities» help make human life worth living.

So the challenge for us is to conceptualize our Christian faith in a way that is not dependent on the common sense of a different time, in a way that is understandable to us today.

Not exact matches

With 1,600 ETFs on the market, more are pushing the limits of investing (and common) sense.

The company also called on lawmakers to pass «common sense gun reform,» including the banning of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines, and bump stocks, enact universal background checks, and more.

«Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle.

Use a little common sense, pay attention to what's going on and be aware of how you're acting.

Attached to the letter was a list of practices they called «common sense corporate governance principles» that amounted to a basic outline of a code many U.S. public companies today already either agree with or live by, or both, including issues of who sits on the board, the kinds of topics the board should discuss, and the adoption of proxy access.

On behalf of our 312 member companies, we will continue to work with New York legislators and lawmakers to develop common sense consumer protection measures to ensure that the millions of New Yorkers who play fantasy sports regularly can continue to enjoy the games they love.

The Email Privacy Act has received support and backing from groups like EFF but also think tanks like the Center for Democracy and Technology, which called it «common sense» legislation that both sides of the House can agree on.

«Recent events demonstrate the need for additional action on the part of responsible gun retailers,» Kroger said in a statement, calling the changes «common sense steps we can take immediately.»

«You have to find a way to elevate yourself to be above common sense,» he said, speaking to an audience of entrepreneurs at the Inc. 5000 conference in Phoenix on Friday.

The thrill of finding a bargain on Black Friday is a real thing, but sometimes the hunt for those deals can overrule common sense.

If it is a prop — and not just evidence of a raging caffeine addiction — it's an apt one, a symbol of Betts's big plan, built on a few common - sense ideas.

Anyone who's listened to Dave Ramsey's radio show knows that he's all about common sense: avoid buying on credit, pay cash for everything possible, get yourself out of debt and build an emergency fund.

-LSB-...] Jim Steyer, chief executive and founder of Common Sense, said the Truth About Tech campaign was modeled on antismoking drives and focused on children because of their vulnerability.

-LSB-...] Wealth of Common Sense provides some long - term data on bonds, an interesting comparison to the stock table.

If you missed Part 1 of my common sense series on bonds please read Investing in Bonds to learn about the different types of bonds and the basic characteristics of a bond.

Congress has also put Mark Zuckerberg on notice to potentially come speak with them, with Senator Kennedy of Louisiana encouraging Zuck to «do the common sense thing and roll up his sleeves and take a meaningful amount of time talking to [them].»

«There is no filter when it comes to YouTube stars,» says Jill Murphy, editor in chief of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization focused on education and advocacy for kids.

The market, for example, thinks XYZ is going to grow more than ABC — of course, this is not always accurate or based on common sense.

Investors have learned to depend on their own common sense since losing hundreds of billions of dollars on the ratings agencies» reckless ratings.

On Tuesday night, at least 200 people came out to a high school to listen to Dr. Tipirneni, who spoke of her support for a public health insurance option, «common - sense» gun control, and robust funding for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Sequoia grew to maturity under the glow of Buffett, the folk - hero money mind whose stewardship of Berkshire Hathaway prompted a national following based on the virtues of common - sense investing and avoiding mistakes.

Rising rates are not good for indebted governments, companies and individuals and not good for equities based on common sense backed by 55 years of data analysed objectively.

These posts were key additions to my series on the Importance of Returns on Invested Capital, and Connor does a great job at laying out those principles in a simple, common - sense fashion.

-LSB-...] Wealth of Common Sense summarized some good observations on Servo Wealth Management data on 5 bear markets since 1920s.

If you'd like to learn more, the father of the low - fee index fund, Jack Bogle, wrote a great book on investing and fees called the The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.

Since the provincial government has not yet fully acted on the rise of rural crime, Alberta's UCP announced a Task Force on Rural Crime to engage communities and develop common - sense proposals and solutions.

Perhaps the common - sense way to approach this is to accept the possibility that Chilean - style controls (taxes on short - term inflows) may be useful for some countries during the transition, but not too much should be expected of them (see the conclusions on Chile itself, which suggest that the controls managed to lengthen the maturity of the debt, without being able to prevent the exchange rate from appreciating during the phase of capital inflow)(see Edwards (1998)-RRB-.

Dick's said it is also calling on elected officials to enact «common sense gun reform,» such as an assault - style firearms ban, a minimum purchase age of 21, and a ban on high - capacity magazines and bump stocks.

Whether or not this is the right path for you depends on a host of personal factors, but if it makes sense and reduces your payments, then most people will then consider their different options for achieving debt consolidation, one of the most common being the debt consolidation loan.

Ben Carlson of A Wealth of Common Sense has a recent post, When Global Stocks Go On Sale, outlining that it is typically a pretty good time to be buying when the MSCI World stock index is in a 20 % or greater drawdown.

Following the 48 % percent market decline in 1973 - 1974, investors made withdrawals from their holdings of equity mutual funds during 24 consecutive quarters, from the second quarter of 1975 through the first quarter in 1981 (From Jack Bogle's Common Sense on Mutual Funds).

In his March 2015 paper entitled «Making Sense Out of Variable Spending Strategies for Retirees», Wade Pfau compares via simulation ten retirement spending strategies based on a common set of assumptions.

Now the peer pressure of the atheists on the religious has teeth, and common sense has readily available evidence to back it up.

In this world today, I don't care who you are, you need to use a little common sense... and considering what happened on 9/11, in the name of a religion, people are going to be hyper - sensitive.

The voices of theological sanity, sound theology and common sense reasoning about matters of faith are out there, I find them, others here find them, as we seek them out such as here on the net.

It simply means we determine objective (over figurative or culturally and historically conditioned) based on common sense and the knowledge we have of culture, history, authorship, etc..

Common sense would dictate that if the people of a large society wanted to pay less to house criminals, wanted fewer abortions, and more people working — they would put their resources towards educating their youth on how to not get pregnant, providing contraception to those women who do not want children until they are equipped to raise them, and towards making sure all children obtain the highest possible education they can achieve.

Shame I wasn't on the jury to add a measure of common sense to their feeble / incomplete interpretation of the law.

As a result, writing morals on the hearts of his creatures is not only not «absurd» it is what common sense would dictate.

Shed the light of history and common sense on the flaws and frauds in the foundations of the religions involved:

I hope he finds, like I did, that he can live good life, with a moral code based on real things like, common sense, practicality, being a part of a community, the environment, everything.

The «Conviction of «Sin»» (I.E. esse: «essence,» «being») an immaculate concept flying in on the wings of a dove, say: certainly nothing one would conjure up without the help of Goedel's Theorem, might as well ask Joe Fish to define wet let alone conceive of dry: it makes no common sense.

That too will work if both parties agree on the system, trust each other, have a common sense of direction and know each other well.

And yet, as often happens, Jesus» advice is also based on common sense — the sort of down - to - earth, practical wisdom that is dispensed today by people like Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, and that fills the Old Testament book of Proverbs.

I'm losing my time with you guys, it's pretty hard to talk or being on the same wave length with people with a lower level of knowledge and common sense.

When trouble appears in one's own life which can not be mastered, a devastating sense of frustration and futility is far more common than among those who are less self - sufficient and more willing to depend on God.

The present book, subtitled «How Dying Populations and Immigrant Invasions Imperil Our Country and Civilization,» is a thesaurus of quotations from people on the variegated left who, whether they mean it or are just playing radical games, have declared war on our country, Western civilization, and common sense.

And this ladies and gentlemen is why Islam will crash someday in a whirlwind of common sense and rational thinking but first the Five Steps to Deprogram Islam must be promulgated in the Islamic world which at the moment is difficult because of imams and their assassin and terror go - ons who terrorize thinking Muslims and non-Muslims with bombings, stabbings, beheadings and stonings all in the name of allah.