Since I am not a lawyer, I'll defer to Dershowitz's lawyerly wisdom, and from now on and until the end of times I'll refer to Epstein as a "statutory pedophile."

I submit to everyone two self-evident truths. First, everyone who is American is an everyday American. Second, everyone who is American is forced into a conversation about their identity, especially when they are not identified as "white" and can't pretend that's irrelevant.

Thank you for the clarity of your ideas. Clarity of ideas in times of darkness requires a moral courage that, unfortunately, many clever both-siders—constantly occupied with their unending throat-clearing hedging—lack.