Can the Virgin Islands ever escape the Epstein legacy?

When Jeffrey Epstein purchased his island in the late 1990s, he was seen as a mere oddity. A one-time math teacher who claimed to manage the fortunes of billionaires, he told U.S. Virgin Islands officials that he was seeking privacy.

The international scandal that exploded in recent years over the horrors that happened on that island continues to cast a pall over the stunning tropical beauty of the entire region. ...