Mechon Hadar's president, a prominent rabbi (and a stepson to former US senator Joe Lieberman), responded by censuring the student, implying that he would be unwelcome in the Hadar community until he performed teshuvah—repentance—for having called out the connections between [Leslie] Wexner, [Jeffrey] Epstein, and the school in a community forum.

Wherever Nicholson was most wanted, there he was sure to be found. What his life was at this time may be seen from a letter he wrote to his mother: 'I am leading a very guerrilla sort of life with seven hundred horse and foot raised among the people of the country. The chieftain who is in rebellion has eight regular regiments and sixteen guns, so that I am unable to meet them openly in the field.'

But the mere mention of the mapinguary, the giant slothlike monster of the Amazon, is enough to send shivers down the spines of almost all who dwell in the world’s largest rain forest.

Gina Winthrop: Okay, um, welcome, please find a seat. Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Sure, I will, directly after I do a brief Q and A.