Author: Mark Draughn

  • Is My Logo Big Enough?

    Maybe it’s time for me to have a new logo designed, like one of these. (Hat tip: Lindsey) Read more

  • Open Letter To Barry Cooper

    Barry, From your lengthy comments at FlexYourRights, you know I rather like your video, so please read this with that in mind. I think part of what’s angering people (in addition to the substantive “consent to search” issue) is that your message conflicts with your promotional style. You say you want to right wrongs—on your… Read more

  • Child Porn or Not Child Porn

    Now that I’ve ruined any chances of selling ads by advocating drug smuggling and blogging about Nazi iconography, I might as well round it off by defending a bit of child pornography. Pop Quiz: If you make a video of an adult having sex with an under-age teenager, you’re guilty of creating child pornography. If… Read more

  • Email From Barry Cooper

    This seems to have gone out to Barry’s Buds subscribers: I am sooooo sorry about the return address on your order saying “NEVER GET BUSTED.” My dvd is manufactured and mailed by a fulfillment company in Illinois. I am in Texas. They made the mistake and I quickly corrected the problem. Future orders will say… Read more

  • Radical Ideas for Criminal Justice Reform

    Mike at Crime & Federalism posted a complaint about plea bargaining: It has turned our system into one that is supposed to convict the guilty and free the innocent into a risk-management system. It has turned lawyers into actuaries . “Is going to trial worth the risk?” is what lawyers ask clients. Innocence has little… Read more