Common Sense by Eric Foster Podcast

Two wars are not the same: Iran is not Iraq, it’s more difficult In this episode of Common Sense by Eric Foster , Eric argues that too much of the public conversation around military action against Iran is built on shallow comparison, false confidence, and strategic unseriousness. The central point is simple: Iran is not Iraq. The terrain is harder, the geography is larger, the logistics are more...

In this episode of Common Sense by Eric Foster , Eric argues that too much of today’s investor and corporate class has abandoned the discipline that serious markets require. Instead of acting like long-range planners and responsible stewards of capital, too many market actors now react to rumors, social media posts, political noise, and incomplete geopolitical information as though those fragments...

In this episode of Common Sense by Eric Foster , Eric offers a blunt critique of modern male grievance culture and the growing tendency of too many men to blame women, social change, or society for problems they need to confront in themselves. The conversation focuses on victim mentality, toxic masculinity, performative toughness, personal responsibility, mental health, leadership, and the discipl...

The murder of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy. A wife has lost her husband. Children have lost their father. No matter what words Kirk spoke in life, he deserved to live it out fully. Like every family shattered by political violence, the Kirks deserve prayers, compassion, and support. But truth requires something else: honesty about what is being said in America today, and who is driving this wave of v...

Lies thrive on speed, certainty, and repetition. Truth wins when we stay calm, get plain-spoken, and answer in real time. That’s the mission: Make Truth Simple Again —especially when the cameras are rolling and the bad-faith talking points start flying. You saw the drill: a pundit defends “sanitized” history, claims it’s just “context,” pivots to “logic vs. emotion,” and smuggles culture-war bait...

Democracy loses when lies get complicated and truth gets buried. Our job is to flip that. Keep it clear, human, and personal—because most Americans are not MAGA, and they’re tired of being treated like they don’t count. Across recent cycles, a super-majority of eligible adults did not vote for Donald Trump. Speak to them directly. Name the harm. Ask the question. Call the play. Here’s the plain-En...

MAGA leadership isn’t just attacking policies — they’re attacking people. They’ve said the quiet part out loud: they don’t care what non-MAGA Americans think or want. When a movement openly dismisses the voices of millions of citizens and brands political opponents as enemies, that’s not democracy — that’s domination. The stakes are not abstract. They’re personal. They’re about whether your family...

Let’s get something straight: tariffs are taxes. And Trump’s new “trade deal” with Europe? It’s not a deal at all. It’s a lie. A public relations stunt. A verbal handshake masquerading as economic policy. And worse—it’s a direct hit to every single person who buys groceries, electronics, or chocolate in America. Donald Trump, Scott Bessent, Howard Lutnick, and the usual MAGA suspects want you to b...

There’s a moment in The Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf, standing on a crumbling bridge, plants his staff in the ground and commands a demon of chaos to halt: “You shall not pass!” We are now in that moment in American democracy. This is a call to every elected official, every business leader, every Ivy League executive, every foreign diplomat, and every everyday citizen who thinks that rollin...

The war on truth isn’t passive — it’s strategic. For years, MAGA Republicans have told a deliberate lie: that elections they lose are illegitimate, fraudulent, or manipulated. It’s not just “rhetoric” or “distrust.” It’s a campaign to destroy democratic legitimacy, especially in cities and communities that elect Democrats. We need to stop pretending this lie is beneath us. We need to stop assuming...

Donald Trump and his nearly all-white, anti-democracy MAGA regime aren’t hiding their intentions anymore. They’ve moved past dog whistles. Yesterday, they took control of major parts of Washington, D.C.—a 90% Democratic city, majority non-white, with African Americans as the largest plurality—and bragged about targeting other majority non-white, majority Democratic cities next. And they’re justify...

Let’s be blunt: Ballot initiatives won’t save you. They won’t protect abortion rights, adult-use cannabis, paid sick leave, or workers’ rights. Not in the places where you need it most. Not anymore. If you think you can reform hostile, MAGA-dominated states like Florida, Missouri, or Oklahoma with a citizen initiative and a few good talking points—look at what’s already happening. In Missouri , 58...

Under the MAGA regime, “free speech” doesn’t mean what it used to. In Donald Trump’s America, it only applies if you're praising Trump, parroting MAGA talking points, or reinforcing the dictatorship of disinformation. Everyone else—journalists, universities, comedians, dissenters—is a target. While mainstream media and even many pro-democracy advocates waste time tiptoeing around MAGA extremism, M...

The MAGA regime isn’t just attacking democracy—it’s waging war against the planet. This is a message for everyone in the clean energy movement. From wind and solar developers to climate investors, from clean energy manufacturers to community-based installers—this is your wake-up call. If you're still hoping that facts, charts, or feel-good stories will bring MAGA extremists to the side of progress...

We’re losing. That’s the blunt truth the cannabis and hemp industries need to face. For nearly 30 years, we've played the long game — funding ballot initiatives, lobbying state legislatures, and making scattered campaign contributions — while hoping that reason and incremental reform would eventually prevail. But hope is not a strategy. And the other side isn't playing fair. The Change Maker Initi...

Donald Trump didn’t just sign a law. He signed a lie. On July 4, 2025, surrounded by adoring Republican lawmakers and billionaire donors, Donald Trump signed what he calls the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” But for working-class Americans, seniors, service workers, and student loan borrowers, there’s nothing beautiful about it. That’s why I call it what it is: the F**k Over America Act of 2025 (FOA Act...

There is nothing funny about a current U.S. President openly calling for the arrest — or worse — of his political rivals. Yet, here we are. Mainstream media figures chuckled through another Trump meltdown last weekend. Pundits speculated that his attacks on Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and even Beyoncé and Oprah were just a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein story. Th...

Let’s be clear from the start: There are no real trade deals coming out of the Trump camp — not with Europe, not with South Korea, not with Pakistan, not with China. What we’re being sold are empty press conferences, verbal promises with cartoonish numbers, and misleading headlines. This isn’t diplomacy. It’s delusion. So, what’s actually happening? There Are No Signed Trade Agreements A real trad...

We are in a political era saturated with manufactured lies. And too often, those lies—especially from the MAGA side—go unchallenged in real time by members of Congress and other pro-democracy elected officials. Let’s be blunt: that’s not just a missed opportunity. It’s a dangerous failure. When MAGA Republicans weaponize hearings to spread disinformation, and Democratic or independent legislators...

America is not at a crossroads—we are in a crisis. A dangerous, escalating one. The recent assassination of Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband , and the attempted murder of State Senator John Hoffman and his wife , is not an isolated tragedy. It’s the direct consequence of a relentless, dehumanizing, and violent political rhetoric that has become the standard language o...

I don’t make videos like this often, but this time I had to speak up. As a 10th generation African American citizen, who’s family was stolen as slaves from Madagascar and forcibly brought to America in roughly 1725, the same believes that justified those dehumanizing authoritarian actions still live today in the hearts of a sizable number of Americans today. The MAGA-controlled Department of Justi...