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Ethan Epstein

eepstein@washingtontimes.com

Ethan Epstein was the editorial page editor of The Washington Times.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during his Bernie's Big New Year's Bash, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Bernie Sanders stands to benefit from Soleimani killing

Thursday night's drone strike targeting Qassem Soleimani not only pulverized the murderous Iranian general. It may also have proved a fatal strike to former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential hopes.

January 3, 2020
In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Silicon Valley’s destructive workaholic ethos

Silicon Valley's passion for working long hours is perhaps second only to its zeal for losing investor money. So it was not surprising that when a heated debate over work habits erupted last week on social media, it was Silicon Valley-types who had spurred the discussion.

December 29, 2019
Supporters of former President Evo Morales clash with security forces in El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Morales' backers have taken to the streets asking for his return since he resigned on Nov. 10 under pressure from the military after weeks of protests against him over a disputed election he claim to have won. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Pushing for regime change doesn’t seem to change regimes

The lawyers who sit on Bolivia's highest constitutional court have their futures cut out for them should this whole being-powerful-judges thing not work out. Perhaps they could star in the next spin-off of "Better Call Saul," or chase ambulances somewhere, because their legal reasoning is as creative as their ethics.

December 15, 2019
A photographer captures the sunrise behind the New York City skyline from across the Hudson River in Jersey City, N.J., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ** FILE **

Conservatives losing ground in cities across globe

President Trump may have lived the majority of his 73 years in New York City, yet he remains wildly unpopular in the nation's most populous city. In the 2016 presidential election, Mr. Trump took only 10% of the vote in Manhattan against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's 86%. Even in his native Queens, the boisterous billionaire managed only 22 % of the vote.

December 8, 2019
This photo from Tuesday, March 28, 2006 , shows New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg listening as he testifies about gun control before Congress in Washington. Mr. Bloomberg, a Democratic candidate for mayor, is on the defensive about his support of sin taxes on vices like smoking and sugary drinks, which disproportionately impact lower-income Americans. The former mayor says such taxes help encourage Americans to quit or cut back on those vices, and hence promotes their health. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump campaign is right to block Bloomberg News

In late November, owner Michael R. Bloomberg, a former New York mayor, announced that he was running for the Democratic nomination for president, and the company's editor, John Micklethwait, subsequently wrote in a memo to staff that Bloomberg News would not only refrain from investigating its owner, but also all of his Democratic opponents.

December 3, 2019
Visitors take photos with their smartphones of an installation depicting a heart-shaped Chinese national flag in Shanghai, China, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. China marked its 70th anniversary on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

China gets ‘woke’ in disingenuous new anti-U.S. tack

Is Zhao Lijian, as his Twitter handle says, the "Deputy for Director General in the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China" -- or is he just the latest candidate to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination?

December 1, 2019
This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. A previously undisclosed federal investigation into Epstein included an examination of whether he was traveling with underage girls as recently as 2018, newly released documents show. In July 2019, U.S. Marshals Service investigators spoke with an air-traffic controller who said she saw Epstein get off his private jet at an airport near his U.S. Virgin Islands retreat with two girls who appeared to be 11 or 12, according to the documents. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

Elite media inexcusably ignore Jeffrey Epstein-ABC scandal

There are a lot of formerly powerful people who must rue the day that Ronan Farrow abandoned his career as an also-ran opinion journalist and decided to do it His Way. Over the past two years, Mr. Farrow has become one of the most hard-charging and effective investigative journalists in America.

November 10, 2019
This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)

ABC News is not in the news business

The late Jeffrey Epstein -- no relation! -- was, in the words of ABC News's Amy Robach, "the most prolific pedophile this country has ever known." A visibly angry Ms. Robach made the comment in a private conversation earlier this year on the ABC News set

November 5, 2019
Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James during an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Classical musicians have more courage than the NBA

American luxury goods purveyors, tech giants, universities, auto manufacturers, and -- perhaps most infamously these days -- sports leagues, are increasingly beholden to the Chinese market.

October 30, 2019
Mark Cuban, governor of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, arrives at the NBA Awards on Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Mark Cuban clams up on China-NBA flap

Mark Cuban, the wildly successful entrepreneur, charming host of CNBC's "Shark Tank," and owner of the Dallas Mavericks is no shrinking violet. Mr. Cuban has an opinion on, well, everything. College? He's against it. NBA officiating? It stinks. President Donald Trump? He's awful.

October 9, 2019
Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden has promised repeatedly to restore the "integrity" and "soul" of the country. (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden’s Ukraine activity hurts campaign, middle-class image

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and his son Hunter may have been -- say it with me -- "exonerated!" for their activities in Ukraine, but Mr. Biden has not escaped damage. Indeed, the Ukraine imbroglio will likely prove fatal in a presidential race in which Mr. Biden was once firmly ensconced as the front-runner.

October 6, 2019
FILE - In this March 12, 2016, file photo, an Amtrak train passes a New Jersey Transit train stopped to discharge and board passengers at Elizabeth train station in Elizabeth, N.J., along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. A review conducted on behalf of New Jersey Transit and Amtrak Rail concludes that delays of five hours or more for commuters between New Jersey and New York have occurred about 17 times per year in recent years. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Dining car gets axed on tax-eating Amtrak

There are many reasons to opt for taking Amtrak over flying or driving to your destination: the high costs, the surly service, and, above all, the frisson of excitement that comes from not knowing when -- heck, even what day -- you may arrive.

September 29, 2019