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As 2016 winds down, a Los Angeles city councilman has a proposal concerning parks in that city.  The Los Angeles Times editorial board takes a swing at it.  And so does the indomitable Lenore Skenazy of Free Range Kids, with a New York perspective.  Have a look!   –Bill Dobbs      Los Angeles Times | Dec. 27, 2016 EDITORIAL: 

A couple of days ago we reported on EFF filing an Amicus Brief in a Supreme Court of the United States case that impacts registered individual’s First Amendment rights and could have a significant impact on our population. For those who didn’t read the article; for an update on what this is all about, read this. For those who have;

This is a very inspiring read and if anyone wants to send thanks and encouragement to Sheriff Roger Marcoux, we will add his contact info at the end of this article:   When he learned that a “high-risk” sex offender had moved into his jurisdiction, Lamoille Sheriff Roger Marcoux Jr. was alarmed — and annoyed. Timothy Szad had served a

The shantytowns of America: Inside the shacks, cars, tents and boxes that America’s homeless call home Mary Lou Uttermohlen captured these captivating images of homeless people across the United States  Her ongoing documentary series, Structure Out of Chaos, shows how the homeless built shantytowns   The series began in 1993 in Miami, Florida, and ended up in New Orleans when

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an international non-profit that promotes digital rights, has filed an Amicus Brief in Packingham v. North Carolina. What does this mean? In 2002, a 21 year old by the name of Lester Packingham committed an offense that put him on the sex offender registry. Long after, the State of North Carolina (where he lives) passed a

On Sept. 30, 2016, in a Los Angeles suburb, 48-year-old Michael Zinzun, a homeless man on the California sex offender registry, approached a woman sleeping on a park bench and reportedly asked if she wanted to smoke meth. When she turned him down, he allegedly started sexually assaulting her. As she screamed, he dragged her away, pushed her over a