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The BAC of Consent

In late March, the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a felony rape conviction because the victim was intoxicated by her own will during the assault. The thinking behind it is that if someone willfully becomes intoxicated, then they are at least partly to blame for anything bad that might happen while

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An Ounce of Pretension

If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the years, it’s this: You can make any problem seem smaller by pretending that it doesn’t exist.  If you ignore something long enough, the problem you’re pretending isn’t there will become less important.  Because it’s going to turn into an even bigger problem

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Rewriting the 2nd Amendment

Many people misinterpret the 2nd amendment.  It’s not about preserving my ability to hunt for food.  And, it’s not about preserving my right to protect me from you (though that’s an added benefit).  The 2nd amendment is about preserving our right to protect us from a corrupt government.  I’m going

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The Woke Skies

OK.  Perhaps I see things differently than most people.  But when I fly, I’m more interested in having the best pilot possible than I am in having diversity in the cockpit.  Wait, that doesn’t sound very woke, I shouldn’t say “cockpit”.  Let me try again. When I fly, I am

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