Dear Readers, The modern explosion of social media is both a blessing and a curse to our teachers. It opens all kinds of options, for good or ill, in communicating with their students. Children growing up 50 years ago, lived in a world of playing football, hockey, and baseball on the front lawns of their houses or the streets of the neighborhood. The telephone was for adults and television was three broadcast stations and maybe an independent station or two. Transistor radios were snuck under...

Dear Readers, Previously, I have warned about Facebook and how important a weapon it has become in litigation. A recent case from Charlottesville, Virginia, illustrated this point (for the plaintiff and his attorney) with painful clarity. Isaiah Lester and Jessica Lester, his wife of less than two (2) years, were driving along a road in Charlottesville. They were run into by a cement truck and Jessica was killed. The driver and his cement company were sued for her death and the injuries suffer...