NOTE: Feel free to use aliases and temporary email services, such as those at mailnull.com, to guard against spam and such. Also, be careful not to send any personally identifiable information (PII).  While I can offer some discretion in the handling of what you send me, I do not have the legal resources to guarantee privacy or security.  Do not send anything you regard as sensitive beyond what you are willing make public in association with your email address, the name you give, or anything stated in the message.  Children must have permission from parent or guardian to both contact me or share personally identifiable information. Again, you are more than welcome to use pseudonyms and temporary email addresses.  But, you are responsible for the protection of your privacy and security.  Treat what you write here as potentially public information.  In addition, while I am an advocate of free speech, privacy, and whistle-blower protections, I generally do not engage in illegal or subversive activities relative to legal governing bodies.  In fact, I've never engaged in anything that would subvert the legal authority of my own government (and possibly any other to the best of my knowledge and understanding).  Do not send me anything illegal or subversive to the legal governance of the United States of America or its allies.  Also, I do not have the legal funds to legally resist any legal subpoena and will turn over to authorities whatever they request when presented with a legal subpoena.  In contrast, if you are sharing something that you do want or are willing to share as a public discussion, please be clear about how you wish me to treat it, and I will make reasonable efforts to treat it as such—within them limits of applicable laws.  Anything requiring what I cannot comply with or provide will either be deleted immediately or reported to the appropriately authorities if sufficiently illegal, violent, or exploitive.