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There’s no rainbow fentanyl trick in Halloween treats

Despite what the fearmongers have claimed recently, you really don’t need to be in a panic over marijuana edibles or “rainbow fentanyl” ending up in children’s Halloween candy. We recently had a story in The Dominion Post discussing the rise of rainbow fentanyl and public service ...

The infamous ‘hot coffee’ lawsuit

She became the poster child for “stupidity needs a warning label” and “you can sue for anything nowadays.” You might have heard the story: A woman orders a cup of McDonald’s coffee and sets it between her legs while driving. The coffee spills (of course, because that’s what ...

Teaching students to scrutinize fact from fiction online

A new Illinois law allows high schools to teach media literacy to students in all subjects. In case skeptics are tempted to portray this as some kind of underground conspiracy to indoctrinate kids, it’s exactly the opposite. There’s no agenda here other than to arm young people with ...

Think again about disinformation board

How on earth does one spark controversy from that blandest of government creations, the internal working group? One way is to give it a scary, Orwellian name like the Disinformation Governance Board. That is the dystopian moniker the Department of Homeland Security bestowed upon a ...