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    “The Cult of Kiddie Danger” — How Fearing for Our Kids has become Our National Religion

    November 24, 2014

    Readers, here’s a piece I wrote for The Weekly Wonk that got picked up by Vox. My thesis: It is…

    Hey Parents: Treat Your Healthy Baby Like She’s in Intensive Care!

    November 21, 2014

    Readers — Do parents really have to strap a vital signs monitor on their healthy babies? That’s the question David…

    How to Respond to Two Needle-in-Halloween Candy Incidents?

    November 20, 2014

    Readers, I am sorry to report that, working their way through their Halloween stash, two kids in different parts of…

    A School Office So Rule-Bound It Refuses to Think

    November 19, 2014

    Hang onto your goat. This story will totally get yours. It got mine. Dear Free-Range Kids: Every Friday, I pick…

    Meet Your Kindergartener at the Bus…or ELSE

    November 18, 2014

    It happened about 1,600 times in the last school year: Bus drivers in Hillsborough County arrived at the bus stops…

    Photo Predators? Thank Goodness the News is Informing Us!

    November 17, 2014

    What do they mean just “COULD”??? Don’t pussyfoot around this issue, media. Do your job and scare us properly about…

    WTD? Woman Who Didn’t Stop for Donald Duck In Crosswalk Claims She was Too Scared

    November 15, 2014

    Readers — I love that Fort Lee, NJ, sent a giant duck into traffic on Halloween to teach drivers to…

    Claiming “I’m Innocent!” No Longer Automatically Precludes Parole

    November 14, 2014

    Readers — Did you know  that until now, prisoners up for parole would automatically be turned down if they continued…

    Seattle Special Needs Playground Destroyed for “Safety’s” Sake

    November 13, 2014

    Readers — A playground in Seattle specially designed for kids with autism, cerebral palsy and other special needs was ordered…

    School Shooter Sensors: Like Smoke Alarms, But For Bullets

    November 12, 2014

    Readers — Schools shootings are rare and random. They are also horrifying. When we hear about one, joy  drains out…

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