Their sons were among the sixteen people who were killed in a bus accident in Saskatchewan. Chris Joseph and Scott Thomas lost their sons in the same way, but in grief, their roads diverged.
On an arrow-straight stretch of prairie highway, a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team traveled northbound toward the town of Nipawin, Saskatchewan, home of the rival Hawks. It was a gorgeous late afternoon, bright and clear. The Broncos were the pride of Humboldt, a farm town of about fifty-nine hundred in central Saskatchewan, where players from out of town live with local families and hockey is like a religion. The team was heading to an elimination playoff game, but the mood on the bus was upbeat: Players, some as young as sixteen, joked around, listened to music, and believed, against the odds, that they could still win the series. They had dyed their hair mustard yellow in playoff solidarity, and somebody had sneaked a half bottle of rum onto the bus in case of celebration. Our Summer cover star dished about what's on his nightstand. When the temperatures rise and you need to wear a two-piece, reach for one made of the breeziest fabric. Jim Jordan might be one of the loonier members of the House Republican caucus, and he's certainly one of the more powerful avatars for the dominant aesthetic now adopted by luminaries of the American right: Pissed Off Wrestling Coach/Little League Dad. It ain't about policy, it's about making sure people know you're loud, you're in charge, and you're mad at all the right people. But Jordan does make a comment on policy here and there, and in the case of regulating gun ownership, he laid out a position to CNN's Manu Raju from which it would be difficult to find many elected Republicans at any level dissenting. Grab one and get away from it all for a while. Finding a fail-proof gift for his birthday, anniversary, or holiday is suddenly a lot less daunting. When Ethan Peck was cast as Spock, Star Trek's legendary science officer, two extraordinary things happened. First, he nearly blacked out. Then, he embarked on a journey of "profound evolution" to become someone worthy of wearing those iconic pointy ears. The pursuit of living up to Spock changed him—made him more confident, more deliberate, more considered. Four years after his fateful debut, the imposter syndrome has worn off, but the journey of becoming remains ongoing. "I'm still trying to grab the Vulcanism in myself," he tells Esquire. |
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