Salon.com: God-emperor Donald Trump wants to rule the world: The good news is he’s terrible at it

[Trump really does want to rule the world]( God-emperor Donald Trump wants to rule the world: The good news is he’s terrible at it Heather Digby Parton [Is Donald Trump above the law?]( Is Donald Trump above the law? He clearly thinks so — and the threat to democracy is real Chauncey DeVega --------------------------------------------------------------- [The real Scott Pruitt scandal]( Scott Pruitt’s war on science: More dangerous than his corruption scandals Amanda Marcotte --------------------------------------------------------------- [Keys to the cyber-caliphate]( Keys to the cyber-caliphate: An excerpt from “Hacking ISIS” Malcolm Nance Christopher Sampson --------------------------------------------------------------- [What corporate jet would Jesus buy?]( What corporate jet would Jesus buy? Angelo Young --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [LeBron: Basketball’s undeniable best]( Many young athletes dream of being the best basketball players in the world­–– what separates LeBron James from those young athletes is that his dream actually came true. He’s been in the center of a media circus since his teenage years.They slated him the best and if he ended up being good, people would’ve written him off as failure– “good” wasn’t good enough for LeBron, he had to be great. He’s lived up to the hype. James went on to be a three-time NBA champion, three-time finals MVP, four-time league MVP, and 14-time all-star, all while having zero off the court scandals. James maintains a reputation for being one of the most generous and humble people on and off the court. He has sent 1000 kids to college, is vocal on issues that affect black Americans and is building a school. You’d think all of this positivity would bring him universal love, right? Wrong. James is one of the most hated athletes. Today on the Salon 5, D. Watkins gives five reasons why it’s time to stop hating on LeBron and time for all to embrace the basketball genius of this era. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [The risky "Iceman Cometh” revival]( “The Iceman Cometh,” starring Denzel Washington, is nominated for eight Tony Awards this year, but for director George C. Wolfe it wasn’t a project he originally thought he would take on. The five-time Tony Award-winning director and playwright revealed on “Salon Talks” that if he was going to direct a revival of the Eugene O’Neill classic, the project needed to have risk, and at first, he couldn’t pinpoint any big artistic challenges. That all changed when he read O’Neill again. Wolfe told Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir, “Iceman is a slight departure, I normally don't like doing revivals because I figure, you know, always when I do a play there's gotta be an equation of risk and potential failure, you know, and when you're working on a new play, it's like, how do I do this and do we have the time and, so all of these huge questions engage, I think the, hopefully, the smartest part of me, and then when you're doing the revival, well somebody's already solved it. But then, so what do I have to offer for it?” Wolfe’s five Tony Awards cover different aspects of theater like playwriting, play direction and musical direction. Wolfe won Tonys for best direction with “Angels in America: Millennium Approaches” and “Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.” Watch the video above to learn more about Wolfe’s vision for the show and watch the [full interview]( to hear his thoughts on the newest production of “Angels in America.” Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why are animal rights de-prioritized?]( Animal rights aren’t a priority — and it’s hard to imagine how they could be in a capitalist economy Matthew Rozsa --------------------------------------------------------------- [Retta tells all “Y’all Don’t Even Know”]( Retta on why she’s “So Close to Being the S**t, Y’all Don’t Even Know” D. Watkins --------------------------------------------------------------- [Save big on Waterproof earbuds that last]( These wireless earbuds cost much less than Apple’s AirPods Salon Marketplace --------------------------------------------------------------- [Summer is truffle season in Umbria]( Summer is truffle hunting season in the Umbrian countryside Elizabeth Minchilli --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bowie's deep ties to science and fantasy]( How did fantasy and science come to play a huge role in David Bowie’s career? The Brooklyn Museum exhibit “David Bowie is” follows the multi-faced Bowie through every phase of his unorthodox and unique career in music, movies and pop culture. Matthew Yokobosky, senior curator of fashion and material culture at the Brooklyn Museum, joined Salon’s Amanda Marcotte to discuss the traveling multimedia exhibit’s last stop in New York. Yokobosky dives into Bowie’s literary and cultural influences surrounding space and science on “Salon Talks,” including how the first photo taken of earth from outer space impacted Bowie creatively. “David wrote the lyrics for Space Oddity, which was: ‘Planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.’ It's based on that photograph,” Yokobosky said. “David Bowie is” will be featured at The Brooklyn Museum until July 15. Watch the video above to learn about Bowie’s fear of flying and how it affected his songwriting. Plus, catch the [full interview]( to hear more on the exhibit’s immersive multimedia experience. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [Molly Crabapple turns war into art]( Award-winning artist and journalist Molly Crabapple is changing how the world views war and resistance movements. Through her ink and splatter style illustrations, Crabapple has covered the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, the anti-austerity movement in Greece, terrorist hearings on Guantanamo Bay, and worked with Jay-Z for a project around the war on drugs. On “Salon Talks,” Crabapple shared the inspiration behind her latest assignment, co-writing and illustrating “Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War” with Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham. Drawings are more powerful than photographs in terms of showing humanity and conveying emotion, Crabapple attests. “I feel like the Syrian War is perhaps the most photographed, documented war in history with the possible exception of course of Palestine. But I feel that with these photos sometimes — all these photos of broken bodies and broken cities — can commove a sort of numbness,” she told Salon’s Rachel Leah. “We really wanted to show people with dignity, with humanity, with nuance, with depth, with interiority.” Crabapple traces Hisham’s story from pre-war Syria, through the early aughts of the people’s revolution, the ways in which the revolution was co-opted and betrayed, and today’s current state of chaos. Hisham co-authored the book from his hometown in ISIS-occupied Raqqa and collaborated with Crabapple by taking photos, which she then turned into illustrations. Watch the interview above to hear how Crabapple tackled writing about the region for an American audience. 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