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| Donald Trump doesn't worry about anything - not even the consequences of his loud, brash and often pugnacious presidential campaign. Even if he loses, he believes, he'll still be Donald Trump ... only bigger. Our cover story this week is Mark Leibovich's profile of the unyielding force that is Trump: reality star, real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate. Surprising nearly everyone but himself, Trump has flourished in early polls, growing into a "kind of one-man chaos theory at the center of a primary campaign in disarray," Leibovich writes. But Trump is also a brand - and a stronger brand, he argues, is exactly what America needs right now. But is there anything substantial at the core? And does it matter? |
| Elsewhere in the issue, Jennifer Percy reports on the American vigilantes who volunteer to fight ISIS in Syria - often without knowing what they're getting into. Clay Lawton, a 26-year-old Rhode Islander, tells Percy he first learned about ISIS on "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." Soon after, Lawton looked up "how to fight ISIS" on his lunch break. In February, he flew to Iraq and crossed into Syria, where he was handed an M-16. But the hero status these fighters envisioned never appears, and the efforts against ISIS they take part in are largely purposeless and unorganized. What do they do now? |
| Sam Anderson interviews Ellen Page, who refused to follow the typical Hollywood script after the runway success of "Juno" in 2007 and, in years since, has come out of the closet and become an outspoken advocate for L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Bruce Schoenfeld writes about the Kansas City Royals' Ned Yost, the most criticized manager in major-league baseball - but also one of the most successful. The Ethicist is now a solo columnist again, with Kwame Anthony Appiah at the helm, and Judge John Hodgman makes a grand return. Vinson Cunningham writes a "Letter of Recommendation" about the trials and errors of parenting by way of Aesop's Fablesand the ritual of reading them to his 9-year-old daughter every night; Parul Seghal considers the fluidity of "appropriation" in First Words; and Ana Marie Cox interviews Aaron Sorkin about writing the Steve Jobs biopic, his preference for live television, and why Twitter is too quippy for him. |
Happy reading,
Jake Silverstein
Editor in Chief |
