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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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Phone Spam and Voter ID

Yesterday I experienced one of those rare occurrences when my phone actually rang.  I call it a rare occurrence because I seldom use my “phone” as an actual phone.  And while I’m explaining, I should probably admit that “rang” isn’t quite the right word either because my phone doesn’t ring. 

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Misremembered

I was watching a TV show not too long ago about things that happened in the 90’s.  The teaser before the commercial indicated they were going to talk about the bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta after the break.  I turned to my wife and said, “What was that

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I Agree With Lester Holt

I agree with Lester Holt.  No, not about his “fairness is overrated” comment.  His attempt to use logic that uses a “the sun sets in the west” analogy to justify that two sides of an argument shouldn’t be given equal merit is ridiculous.  I’m referring to something else he said.

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The Star of COVID

It’s problem-solving day again.  Time to find a solution for something that needs one.  Today’s topic: Identifying people who haven’t been vaccinated.  Let me start out by saying that I believe there’s nothing worse than someone who chooses not to be injected with an experimental drug.  Who are they to

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