Some 20 years ago, I was invited to a meeting to discuss "human-trafficking."  Held at the Salvation Army Center on D.C.'s New York Avenue, only 10–15 D.C. policy analysts were invited — feminists, conservatives, evangelicals, politicos — and none of us had previously heard of the term "trafficking."  That meeting, convened by Michael Horowitz, then at the Hudson Institute, opened our eyes to a problem that is now addressed at the national level as well as internationally through cooperation among nations, as a consequence in large measure of the diligent work of those whose eyes were opened that day. Prior to that meeting, sex-trafficking was seen as something that happened somewhere else; it didn't affect Americans.  Besides, it was an "underground" kind of crime that was isolated and rare.  Through Horowitz's passion, we learned that we had been blind to reality.  With...(Read Full Article)