Ten unsupervised minutes
Why don't we save our outrage and concern for problems that warrant it?
Posted 6/14/13 Read More ›Common Good: Who we are, what we do
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Join Common Good’s online forum: Risk and Legal Fear in Schools
Are our schools too obsessed with risk and liability? Join our online forum with experts to discuss problems and solutions.
Posted 6/5/13 Read More ›
Costs much greater than benefits
Requiring railroads to spend billions on a technology with limited usefulness means they have billions less to spend on more effective safety measures.
Posted 6/3/13 Read More ›
Kindergartener may get detention for lego gun the size of a match
It's like there's a News Goose out there laying golden eggs of wacky web fodder. And the Goose's name? Zero tolerance.
Posted 5/29/13 Read More ›
Save the drowning man? But we’re not certified yet!
Water certification rules put a life needlessly in danger.
Posted 5/24/13 Read More ›
Second-grader suspended for pretending pencil is a gun
If no one feels threatened, why overreact? And why teach kids to overreact, too?
Posted 5/9/13 Read More ›
