As you well know, the extremely serious situation that occurred with the 'Negreira case' for almost two decades deserves justice. It is completely incomprehensible that the institutions have left Real Madrid alone in this fight,
With negotiated rule making under way, and 2026 implementation deadlines looming, a new deep-dive report from Inside Higher Ed, "After Reconciliation: Higher Ed Reform and Where Left-Right Collaboration Matters Most," looks at conservative, progressive and institutional priorities and perspectives on three key areas of OBBBA: institutional accountability for student outcomes; new loan limits and payment reforms; and changes to the Pell Grant program, including the introduction of Workforce Pell.
Epstein's story is not really about one man's depravity. It is about a system legal, cultural, and institutional engineered to protect the powerful through silence. His crimes thrived not because they were hidden, but because the people who knew were coerced, encouraged, or more than willing to shut up. Silence was not incidental to Epstein's success. It was central to it. And in this, he was hardly unique.
But to Lownie, speaking on the Daily Mail's Deep Dive podcast, what's even more concerning is that the whole system protected and enabled Andrew, starting at the top. Yes, Lownie said that the late Queen Elizabeth II would have known about her reported favorite son's leisure-time activities on his international trips, including his sexual exploits in Thailand. No, no. She knew exactly what was going on, said Lownie, author of the new book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York.