No Man Is Righteous, Not One

Note: This column mentions acts of depravity that might be disturbing. Read at your own risk.

“Your princes are rebels…. There is no end to their treasures…. Their land is filled with idols.” — Isaiah 1:23, 2:7-8

Regarding recent disclosures, and in light of redactions, some questions arise.

Did Microsoft founder Bill Gates contract a sexually transmitted infection from a Russian prostitute? Did JPMorganChase executive James Staley rape underage girls while they were dressed in Disney princess costumes? Did Prince Andrew, duke of York, watch Ghislaine Maxwell torture a prepubescent girl with electric shocks? Does former U.S. President Bill Clinton “like them young,” as millionaire sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein claimed? Did Epstein traffic women to Steve Tisch, co-owner of the New York Giants football team?

These are only some of the eyebrow-raising oddities that have bounced around the major news outlets since the turn of the new year, as all manner of the “cultural elite” — billionaire financiers, high-level politicians, entertainment execs, tech entrepreneurs, top-selling rock stars, popular media personalities — have been implicated in the nefarious and disturbing predations of Epstein and his girlfriend Maxwell. How far-reaching is the scandal? Maxwell is the daughter of the late British uppercrustman Robert Maxwell, a politician and owner of, among other companies, MacMillan, Inc., publisher of widely circulated education textbooks. Yes, the Epstein gang’s tentacles reached even into kids’ classrooms — and in more ways than one. Billionaire Leon Black allegedly paid Epstein hundreds of millions of dollars over the years for “financial advice” — including advice on how to buy the silence of his former mistress, one of several women who have accused Black of sexual assault. Black, apparently an associate of pedophiles, is a former CEO of Apollo Global Management, which owns Lifetouch, an outfit that specializes in student portraits, photographing America’s schoolchildren.

Do you have kids in school? vote in elections? keep money in a bank? use a computer? follow sports? listen to music? watch movies? read books or magazines? play the lottery? eat fruits and vegetables? Not even these innocuous, everyday activities are untouched by high-profile pedophiles, rapists, and other types of perverts (or their jet-set associates) who’ve recently had their predilections exposed to the light. Their noxious fingerprints are smeared across virtually every aspect of American life.