It’s been a rocky week for public intellectual Larry Summers.

On Tuesday, the 70-year-old Harvard economics professor gave an awkward announcement to his class of college students acknowledging his embarrassing ties to the deceased sex trafficker and billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein, which were brought to light with the recent release of another batch of Epstein’s emails.

“Some of you will have seen my statement of regret expressing my shame with respect to what I did in communication with Mr. Epstein, and that I’ve said that I’m going to step back from public activities, but for a time,” Summers intoned, gravely.

“But I think it’s very important to fulfill my teaching obligations. And so, with your permission,” he continues, not waiting for anyone’s objections, “I’m gonna — we’re

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