{"id":3793,"date":"2016-07-17T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T20:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2016-07-17T16:02:04","modified_gmt":"2016-07-17T20:02:04","slug":"alaskan-baskin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/alaskan-baskin\/","title":{"rendered":"ALASKAN BASKIN\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 7\/13\/16 edition of the Alaska Dispatch News, the Sports & Outdoor section had a column by Alli Harvey titled \u201cOutdoors serves as an elixir to stressful news.<\/a>\u201d \u00a0Amen to that!<\/p>\n

In Alaska to teach, the Evil Princess and I spent Tuesday with friends on Prince William Sound doing a glacier tour.\u00a0 The majesty of The Last Frontier is breath-taking in the depths of winter, as I learned my first three frozen-butt times in the 49th<\/sup> state, but last year and this I\u2019ve learned to love it in the summer.\u00a0 I\u2019m looking forward to very pleasant days on the range.<\/p>\n

It gets your mind off a strong sense that there are people who would like to see a race war in this country, and seem to be doing their damndest to ignite it. \u00a0It gets your mind off the DOJ saying Hillary Clinton is not culpable because she didn\u2019t have the necessary intent (known as mens rea,<\/em> which translates to \u201cthe guilty mind\u201d) because while she was extremely careless she did not have intent to commit a crime.\u00a0 This sticks in the throat of those of us who were taught by the criminal justice system that mens rea <\/em>can be created by specific intent or <\/em>by culpable negligence, of which \u201cextreme carelessness\u201d is a classic example. My favorite Chicago columnist, John Kass, makes some good points here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In hopes of getting your mind off the news too, let me share some soothing sights:<\/p>\n

\"Wittier450\"<\/a>
Whittier, Alaska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eagle450\"<\/a>
Bald Eagle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"BlackstoneGlacier450\"<\/a>
Blackstone Glacier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bird01_450\"<\/a>
Kittiwake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"SeaLion02_450\"<\/a>
Baskin’ Alaskan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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