Readers — A study discussed in yesterday’s SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle’s website) suggests that kids growing up with dogs…

Dear Readers — A very merry to you and yours, and hopes that someday soon a story like the one…

The other day I had lunch with Nancy Nord, a former commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Joining us…

Dear Readers — When you live in a society spasming with fear, it is hard not to flinch. That’s why…

Readers: Remember the saying, “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel?” Now it’s predators. To wit — Dear Free-Range…

Readers — This story from Minnesota Public Radio’s Bob Collins is heartwarming, and enraging. Seems a mom there, Anne Tabat,…

Readers — The Onion gets it. They always do:   EVERY PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE IS LOSING A CHILD TO GORCHUL,…

Readers, this is just a fascinating Texas Monthly story about a lockdown drill that everyone but the principal and a…

Readers — I found this note so interesting: Dear Free-Range Kids: I’m a big believer in your philosophy, which I…

Readers — One of the things I try to explain in my talks, book  and blog is that some present-day…