This month I’d like to write about two related issues: government information and threats to children. First is the purging of data on federal websites. Beginning in January of 2025, according to NPR , “several webpages from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with references to LGBTQ+ health were no longer available. A page from the HHS Office for Civil Rights outlining the rights of LGBTQ+ people in health care settings was also gone … The website of the National Institutes of Health’s Office for Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office disappeared . (Most of these pages could still be viewed through the Internet Archive .)” So I went to the Health and Human Services website about vaccination. There was a link to a video about the pros and cons of vaccines. First the video went down. Then the link was gone. Today? Best check. This is disturbing for several reasons. Government performs many functions. Gathering ongoing reports about everything from census numbers t...