The U.S. Air Force Academy thinks that boys will be boys. Cadet Doncosta Seawell was arrested for sodomizing a wheelchair-bound woman, and his consequence was--you guessed it--he was sent back to the Academy to continue his education. Three months later, he was accused of rape by another cadet.

Seawell, a senior cadet flight instructor and academy boxer, was expelled in October of 2002 and sentenced him to two years imprisonment for the attack on the civilian woman. A couple of months before he assaulted her, he threatened to fly a glider through the Academy dining hall.

Every year or so, we hear horror stories about rapes and other sexual assaults within our military academies or among U.S. soldiers. Every time we hear such news, the military promises to "do something," but nothing is ever done. Who can forget the words of former governor Jesse Ventura, about the horrible Tailhook incident--"much ado about nothing." That seems to be the prevailing attitude.