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Dino Paranoia Jan. 16, 2021
"I'm on social media too much," I told my husband. "The news is making me paranoid." I needed a brea... Read More
How Not to Get COVID-19 at a Trump Rally Jun. 19, 2020
All right. Don't touch me. I don't want to get sick. The virus, ya know. You? You got more guts than... Read More
COVID-19 Fears Inspire a Bizarre Revenge Plot Apr. 30, 2020
What's a parent to do? It was early in March, COVID-19 fears were on the rise, and two Kentucky pare... Read More
America's Favorite Story Feb. 20, 2020
A Springfield, Ohio, man spotted a van — guess what color — that he thought was trying t... Read More
From Distrust to Dystopia Feb. 06, 2020
"Do we really need this?" That's what a mom from Idaho wrote to me, forwarding a note from her local... Read More
Parents as Prison Guards Jan. 09, 2020
When people ask me what has been the biggest change in parenting in the last generation or two, I co... Read More
White-Hot White Van Hysteria Dec. 05, 2019
White van hysteria has hit a new high with the mayor of Baltimore warning his citizens to not even p... Read More
Get Your Fear Here! Fresh, Hot Fear! Oct. 24, 2019
When an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta said she had been almost abducted at school by a man who grabbed ... Read More
Utah Parents Free to Raise Free-Range Kids Aug. 22, 2019
What does it feel like to be a parent in Utah, the first (and so far only) state to pass the free-ra... Read More
Free-Range Does Not Mean Feral Jun. 20, 2019
Wow! What kind of crazy parent lets their 4-year-old run into the street, stay up all hours and curs... Read More
The One Place Kids Still Play Outside May. 24, 2019
Most of us remember playing outside till the streetlights came on, but our kids can't because of (fi... Read More
When Wacky Turned Dangerous May. 19, 2019
We return today to the tale of Matt and his psycho wife, Amanda. In the two years they lived in the... Read More
He Had an Out and Didn't Take It May. 18, 2019
We recently had a tale of a psycho bitch that I thought was pretty darn scary. But Matt says his "sa... Read More
Does Fear Ring a Bell? May. 02, 2019
If you don't think you need an all-seeing doorbell, that's bad news for Amazon, which is selling one... Read More
Scared Out of Our Minds Apr. 11, 2019
We can't know what was going through her mind, but Santana Adams of Milton, West Virginia, has been ... Read More
Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings Showcase the Paranoia of the Resistance Sep. 07, 2018
When cameras at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing caught sight of a woman named Zina Bash, a R... Read More
Gun Paranoia in the Age of Trump Nov. 20, 2016
There were plenty of agitated and even hysterical reactions to Donald Trump's election victory, but ... Read More
Don't Announce That Baby! Jan. 02, 2014
The State Journal, a newspaper in Wisconsin, has announced it will no longer publish birth announcem... Read More
