Peter Funt’s most recent book is “Self-Amused: A Tell-Some Memoir.” As news came from Michigan about yet another shooting by a youngster with a gun, I ran across an item for sale on Amazon that is ...

A reader is frustrated by her children’s gravitation toward the toy guns a family brings to play with. By Philip Galanes I bring my children to our neighborhood playground every afternoon. It’s a ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...