Epstein Secrets

-- Seduced by catchy formulae, American punditry is often a prisoner of clichés. One such is: "It's the economy, stupid!", initially circulated by Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign. For decades the meaningless phrase has cast a shadow on American politics. Uttering it clinches an argument, presentin

resident's meetings and phone calls with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There was an announcement that

cated and intangible. China's Communists face another long march—and this time it may be one they do not finish. Jonathan Levine is a lecturer of American Studies and English at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a contributing analyst at Wikistrat, a geostrategic consulting group. EFTA00701631

sexual favors. Epstein was different from most sexual abuse sus- pects; he was tar more pow- erful. lie counted among his friends former President Bill Clinton. Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, along with some of the most prominent legal, scientific and business minds in the country. When detectives star

sely private." The media frenzy did not begin in full until a decade later. In Sep- tember 2002, Epstein was flung into the limelight when he flew Clinton and actors Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private jet. Suddenly everyone wanted to know who Epstein was. New York magazine and V

- mated Andy Gomez. an as- sistant provost at the Univer- sity of Miami who is also a senior fellow in the school's Institute for Cuban and Cu- ban American Studies. Castro, who turns 80 this month, temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul last week when he underwent abdominal surgery. leading to a- Sio

n the Arab world, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying this week, "There is a different leader i

ns of the Holocaust. Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi is the founder of the Wasatia movement, which promotes moderation in Islam, and the director of the American Studies department at Al-Quds University. Robert Satloff is executive director of The Washington Institute and the author of Among the Righteous: Lost Stor