**Chiefs Assemble: The Global Phenomenon Taking Over Your Feed** Alright, listen up, folks! There’s a new sheriff in town, and no, it’s not that guy from *Yellowstone* (although, let’s be real, we’d all watch). The term “chiefs” is blowing up globally, and it’s not just because we’re all craving some Native American cultural context (although,…
The Works: A Global Tour of Humanity’s Monuments to Itself There is a moment—usually around 3 a.m. in the departure lounge of a second-tier airport—when the seasoned traveler realizes that “the works” is not a single project, achievement, or apocalypse, but an endless buffet of human folly served on a planetary platter. From Dubai’s rotating…
John Mulaney Lands in Paris, and the World Pretends It’s 1922 Again By Dave’s Locker Diplomatic Desk PARIS — On a rain-soaked Wednesday that felt suspiciously scripted, American comic John Mulaney stepped off the Eurostar, blinking like a mole in designer sunglasses. Within minutes, the Gare du Nord’s usual carnival of pickpockets and vape clouds…
José Ramírez and the Weight of Two Continents by our correspondent in the cheap seats, watching the world self-destruct on a 4-inch screen Somewhere between the manicured lawns of Cleveland’s Progressive Field and the dust-caked municipal diamonds of Baní, Dominican Republic, José Ramírez is busy proving that globalisation isn’t just a buzzword consultants toss around…
**Fermenting the World: Brewers as Accidental Diplomats in an Age of Frothy Uncertainty** In the grand theater of global geopolitics, where nations trade barbs over steel tariffs and nuclear arsenals, it turns out the real power brokers wear rubber boots and smell faintly of malt. While diplomats sip tepid conference coffee, the world’s brewers have…
The Curious Case of Luke Farrell: One Pitcher, Three Continents, and the Quiet Farce of Global Baseball Diplomacy By A. Grigor, International Desk, Dave’s Locker It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a 93-mph cutter must be in search of a passport stamp. Meet Luke Farrell—American-born, Ivy-schooled, and presently…
