What if there was one thing you could do to lessen the likelihood that your child would get involved with smoking, drinking or doing drugs; lessen his/her chance of developing obesity; and help him/her do better in school? What if that thing was as simple as having regular family dinners together?

Can you really kick up your feet and relax when vacationing in a new town, particularly in a new country? More importantly, should you?

The United States jails about 1 out of every 100 of its citizens -- more than 2 million people, according to a report released late last month by the Pew Center on the States. Not only that, but the rate of incarceration has increased in recent years, further straining state budgets that are already tight. And what are we getting for all of that money? According to Pew, not very much. Perhaps it's time to listen to activists who have been saying for years that there has to be a better way.

Did you know that New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer has proposed taxing drug dealers' inventory to help balance the state's hemorrhaging budget? That's just one of the new things I learned from surfing some of the newer additions to BlogHer's list of law blogs.