Some are saying that the prostitution scandal involving Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York truly is a "private matter" because it involves a "victimless crime." Another argument is that Americans exaggerate sex crimes, putting a story like this on page one, whereas it would be buried in the back of European dailies.
Actually, as someone pointed out, the Spitzer story was on page one of today's European dailies, as well as the American. As for its being a victimless crime, prostitution often is not victimless, as John R. Miller, former U. S. Ambassador at Large (and currently a Discovery Institute Senior Fellow on Human Rights doing work at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington) points out.
Published today is a new book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern-Day Slavery by E. Benjamin Skinner. It's reviewed by Power Line here: http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/03/020009.php
Mr. Skinner will appear on March 27 at the Discovery Institute offices in Washington, D.C. to discuss his book(1015 Fifteenth NW, at K Street; 5:30-7:00 p.m.). Needless to say, it is gratifying to see the extent to which Mr. Skinner explains the significant role Amb. Miller played in fighting the sex-slavery trade. (I understand that John Miller also will be in attendance at the Skinner book party.)