This week felt, I’ll admit, like a victory lap for Free-Range Kids. All over the country — world! — people…
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Hi Readers! What kind of society are we going to have when anytime anyone volunteers to do anything with kids,…
In case you were wondering whatever happened in that school district outside of Philly where 2,300 students were issued laptops…
Hi Folks — Just read this Salon interview with Aaron Kupchik, author of “Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age…
Hi Readers — Things are roiling in England where it seems the powers that be are finally reconsidering their bizarre…
Dear Readers — Oh my god, this is a BRILLIANT essay by security expert Bruce Schneier. He’s a guy who…
Dear Readers — Oh my god, this is a BRILLIANT essay by security expert Bruce Schneier. He’s a guy who thinks a lot about terrorism, but his words will make sense to all of us who are concerned with the difference between real danger (which we’d like to guard against) and “worst-case thinking,” which over-reacts […]
Hi Readers — Look at this lovely little snippet of Mark Twain cogitatin’ on risk, and how we tend to…
Hi Readers! As you probably know, for years you could buy an invisible electric fence to keep your pets in…
Hi Readers! Here’s a cool story from the Press-Telegram in Long Beach, California. Can you spot the ridiculous safety precaution?…