Astros: The New Cosmic Cartel Running the World While You’re Busy Scrolling By Dave’s Foreign Desk, from an undisclosed bar with a view of three different time zones You’d be forgiven for assuming that “Astros” refers to that baseball team whose 2017 World Series trophy is now used primarily as a paperweight for MLB’s apology…
Chorrillo vs. América: A Micro-Cosmic Spectacle for the End of the World By Diego “Doomsday” Delgado, International Correspondent-at-Large Panama City, 2:47 a.m. local time—an hour when sane people consider either sleep or arson—yet Estadio Rommel Fernández is lit up like a hedge fund manager’s conscience. Inside, Club Deportivo Chorrillo—population: the entire neighborhood plus two stray…
The Funicular: Humanity’s Quietly Desperate Uphill Climb by “Correspondent at Large, Altitude Varies” From the cliff-hugging cars of Valparaíso to the sweat-soaked rails of Hong Kong’s Peak Tram, the funicular is the planet’s most honest confession: we are tired, we are late, and gravity has won again. While diplomats haggle over carbon targets and billionaires…
