In my pastoral hometown of Columbia, Tennessee, exists the newly gerrymandered Tennessee 5th Congressional District. The race between Democratic Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and Republican former Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher has drawn unwanted attention following a police investigation of an Asian massage parlor.

The parlor was called the “Red Fruit Spa,” named after what afflicted men two days after a visit.

A trust-funded Democrat and, to a much lesser degree, a religious-right Republican’s ex-staffer were involved, and a lot of government agencies. As a libertarian, for me, this is a quintessential “happy ending.”

First, let me say if there is ever any underage human trafficking, the hammer should come down. But the two handmaidens arrested were ages 46 and 58. They had aged out of Nike factory work in China and were not likely to be forced laborers. (RELATED: DHS Unveils Biggest-Ever Uyghur Forced Labor Blacklist)

Columbia Police, working with state and federal agencies, executed search warrants for a massage place in a strip mall. Yes, warrants and agencies are both very plural.

With all the murders, robberies, and assaults solved in a state that houses Memphis and........

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