Vol. 21, No. 17
January 11, 2016
Cover Story
Growing Old Without Growing Up
Sleepaway camp for adults
By Matt Labash
Also in This Issue
- Trump and the GOP — William Kristol & Gary Schmitt
- Astonishingly Popular — Fred Barnes
- An Unlikely Crusade — Terry Eastland
This issue featured Matt Labash's humorous cover story about adult sleepaway camps, exploring how some Americans resist the traditional markers of maturity. The magazine also tackled the 2016 Republican primary landscape through pieces by William Kristol and Gary Schmitt on Trump's impact on the GOP and principled partisanship, while Fred Barnes examined the success of Republican governors in Democratic states and Terry Eastland profiled Senator Ben Sasse's crusade against the administrative state. The issue included cultural commentary on political extremism, consent law, and a year-end books roundup by Joseph Bottum.