Why does Larry Summers still have a job? Why does Larry Summers keep getting hired for jobs? What does Larry Summers have to say or do to prove to the world that he is unfit for having jobs?

Sadly, these are not simple questions. Larry Summers, former treasury secretary, former president of Harvard University, former head of the National Economic Council, is once again embroiled in controversy. Of course, with Summers, “embroiled in controversy” doesn’t tell you enough. Summers appears to be caught in an eternal battle between his mouth and his d*ck to see which can produce the most fireable offense. This time, the two forces have aligned in a series of newly released e-mails between Summers and his longtime friend, confidant, and sexual harassment “wingman,” Jeffrey Epstein.

Summers’s friendship with Epstein was already known. But e-mails released by the House Oversight Committee show the depth of their correspondence and relationship. While most journalists (including me) got stuck on the e-mail where Summers belittled sexual harassment and then told Epstein in all-caps “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT,” the fierce reporters at The Harvard Crimson dug into all of the messages between the two men. Their report shows how Summers wanted to pressure a woman believed to be Chinese macroeconomist Keyu Jin into a “relationship.” Jin was a 2004 Harvard graduate (meaning she graduated while Summers was still the president of the university), who got her PhD in 2009.