From: NYTimes.com To: [email protected] Subject: The New York Times Magazine: The Making — and Breaking — of Marines Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:01:55 +0000 View in Browser Add to your address boc. RIM New York Times IThe New York Times Friday. July 7. 2017 NYTimes.com » "Inside the culture, you're supposed to be able to take a punch and give a punch and crush a skull," a Marine reserve officer tells Janet Reitman who writes this week's cover story, which traces the way a Muslim recruit's death revealed a culture of brutality in the Marine Corps. Reitman follows recruits on their first days, as they enter the Parris Island training facility where Siddiqui lost his life; she speaks with eyewitnesses; she examines redacted reports prepared by the Marines in the course of their investigations. Together, they paint a picture of horrific treatment of recruits by their drill instructors. Is this really the only way to create a warrior? Elsewhere in the magazine, Jonathan Mahler introduces us to all the president's lawyers and their tactics of choice. Heidi Julavits writes about a pilgrimage with her children to see "Spiral Jetty," an artwork that can feel as if it's at the end of the world. And Nikil Saval writes about a political punching bag the left and the right seem content to share: the "liberal." Happy reading, Jake Silverstein Editor in Chief EFTA00709437