DeVos authorized colleges to follow a more strict standard of evidence when judging accusations of rape or groping.

The term "sexual assault" is a bad term to use in formulating rules for judging or punishing people, because it lumps together rape with the much lesser crime of groping. We would not judge those the same, so we shouldn't lump them together in our discourse. Any policy that uses the term "sexual assault" will tend to be bad.

The way people are punished when a college declares them guilty of rape is sufficiently grave that I think they must be judged by the standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt". I expect most of such accusations are true, but certainly some are false.

However, it is a mistake for a school to conduct a substitute for a trial. The legal system exists for that, and schools can't do that job. Someone who has been raped and wants something like criminal prosecution should go to the state, not to the school.

What schools could usefully do is teach sexual respect that goes beyond merely not committing a crime. The school could have a stricter standard of sexual respect, as a school rule, not as a criminal law. Breaking that rule would not mean one is a rapist, or a criminal at all, but the school would insist one never break it again.

Students that push too far sexually, even if not to the point of crime, could be required to do counselling and make a strong and visible effort to change their way of approaching sex. Most of them would not be rapists, so doing the counselling would not label them as rapists. Rather, they would be making sure they will not be rapists. The school might also require them to avoid for some time campus events where there is alcohol, and subsequently to follow rules so that they don't drink to excess.

A system like this could prevent rape by teaching students to avoid the sort of behavior that could turn into rape.

Sanders addresses several important foreign policy issues.

He doesn't go as far as I do on some of these issues, but he's much better than anyone else that might get elected.

A single ID number for a person exposes that person to a risk of fraud. Even worse, it facilitates massive surveillance.

The right solution is to have a separate identifying code for each relationship. And this should include most state agencies, too.

35 men were found occupying a single house in England, using wall-to-wall mattresses. The landlord was accused of abusive treatment, but he said that three men rented the house and then let the others live there.

People should not have to live in these conditions, but would it be better if they were homeless?

Who really exploited those 35 men? The Tories did. They knowingly drove rents up and wages down.

In 2015, 1600 US women were murdered by men.

It surely is not a coincidence that the states with the highest rates of killings of women are ruled by Republicans.