Editor's note: The original version of this column was published Oct. 19, 2021.

I feel certain most of those reading have observed the unmistakable evaporation of common sense across the fruited plain. As the decades have ticked away, departing with them are our capacities for understanding and expressing obvious truths that make sense to the majority of adults. It's clear to me this problem fundamentally stems from failing to teach devotion to truth and critical thinking to emerging generations in favor of political radicalism and a resulting decline in character, morality and integrity.

The acceptance of deception in society as part of day-to-day life has overridden beliefs in commonly accepted truths that provide the cornerstone for common sense.

I appreciated a recent article from Robert Curry of Front Page Magazine, "Believing what no one has ever believed before." "There is the belief that a man who 'identifies' as a woman must be allowed access to facilities which have always been reserved for women and girls," Curry wrote. "There is the belief that a man can have a 'wife' who is a man. We are told we must stop designating a newborn as either male or female; a child must be allowed to discover which of the ever-increasing number of 'genders' (67 when I last........

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