Hi Readers! This story is almost too exciting in its implications. England had been requiring background checks for anyone who…

Hi Readers — As a gal who is ALWAYS shivering, and wears a million layers, and did not particularly love…

Hi Readers — Onto more toothsome matters tomorrow. But in the meantime, for your tearing-your-hair-out pleasure, we bring you this…

Hi Readers: While we’re on the subject of whitewashing the classics for kids’ delicate sensibilities, here’s the one that takes…

Ah, can I get a job at The Onion? I want to be on this panel![youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJdP1zK15bE]

Hi Readers — A recent note from the frontlines of overprotection: Dear Free-Range Kids: I spent a few years as…

Hi Readers! You’ll recall that a few posts back I was ranting about the CNN video clip on how to…

Hi Readers! It’s been a quarter century since the Challenger blew up. Below is part of an interview by the…

Hi Readers! Okay, enough about cosmetics. Here’s a bracing little tale of what happens when we trust our kids to…

Hi Readers! Remember when kids wanted to look grown UP?  Not anymore, I guess. According to this piece in The…