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When I used to think of my boarding-school classmate Leon Jacob—before I knew about his convictions, before I learned he was serving a life sentence in a Texas prison—I'd picture him standing in the sunshine outside my dormitory. He was wearing a white polo, so he must've been on his way to golf practice. The sun tinged his dark-blond curls. He looked golden, all swagger and confidence as he shouted up for his sister, who lived in my dorm. Because it was the nineties, and no one had cell phones to communicate, visitors would usually walk into the dorm and ask a resident to go fetch someone. Leon, however, didn't bother. He just yelled from the path outside instead, sure that someone would hear him and do what he wanted. I met Leon in the fall of 1993, when we were new sophomores at Phillips Exeter Academy, a competitive New Hampshire boarding school.

View in Browser  SHOP EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBE When They Finally Caught Leon When I used to think of my boarding-school classmate Leon Jacob—before I knew about his convictions, before I learned he was serving a life sentence in a Texas prison—I'd picture him standing in the sunshine outside my dormitory. He was wearing a white polo, so he must've been on his way to golf practice. The sun tinged his dark-blond curls. He looked golden, all swagger and confidence as he shouted up for his sister, who lived in my dorm. Because it was the nineties, and no one had cell phones to communicate, visitors would usually walk into the dorm and ask a resident to go fetch someone. Leon, however, didn't bother. He just yelled from the path outside instead, sure that someone would hear him and do what he wanted. I met Leon in the fall of 1993, when we were new sophomores at Phillips Exeter Academy, a competitive New Hampshire boarding school. Read More You've Got to Read This Judge's Ruling in Trump's New York Fraud Case JThere's something about this guy that seems to bring out the inner Mel Brooks from the members of our judiciary. Read More Tommy Tuberville Said the Military 'Is Not an Equal Opportunity Employer' This was part of his reasoning for voting against Air Force Gen. Charles Brown Jr., who is Black, as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Read More The Raw Honesty of Eric Church Eric Church is in a New Jersey parking lot with his nose inside a glass of bourbon. Before that image sparks any unseemly rumors, let's look a little closer. The parking lot is about a hundred feet directly behind the stage of the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, where in a few hours the country music star will be playing a sold-out show on his Outsiders Revival tour. We're standing on a sectioned-off platform with a super-cool custom bar built inside a rolling road case. Playing quietly behind us is Outsiders Radio, the SiriusXM channel Church says he programs himself. We just heard one of Church's own songs, in between a Whitney Houston deep cut and the Cars' "Since You're Gone." Read More The 4 Best Turntables for Vinyl Newbies and Audiophiles Alike Easy to set up and unpretentious, this is way to go. Read More Omnigod and Alex Mill Just Delivered a Treat for All the Denimheads Out There It's been nearly a decade since their first collab. Now, the two brands are reconnecting to release new pieces inspired by authentic Japanese craftsmanship. Read More What I Saw at the Weed Fair I once attended a trade show for psychiatrists and it couldn't have been more depressing. I remember slinking back to my dingy convention-center hotel room with a sack of low-grade swag, the highlight of which was a bright yellow Koozie touting an erectile dysfunction drug. Things were different at the Hall of Flowers. Started in 2018, and with more than 120,000 square feet of space, 200-plus vendors, mountain ranges of edibles, skyscrapers of flower, tsunamis of smoke, HoF is now California's biggest B2B weed trade show, and I walked away from it with samples from two dozen edible-makers, a pocketful of assorted pre-rolls, a fistful of flower, three vapes, four lighters, and a single serving of THC-infused powder to stir into some future drink. For research purposes. Read More Follow Us Unsubscribe | Privacy Notice | CA Notice at Collection Esquire is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779

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