From Philly to the Pentagon: How Darius Slay Became the World’s Favorite Geopolitical Metaphor
The Ballad of Darius Slay, or How a Cornerback Became the Pentagon’s Favorite Metaphor By Our Paris Correspondent, nursing a third espresso and the suspicion that the world peaked in 1997. It begins, as so many modern fables do, on Twitter. Darius Slay—Philadelphia Eagles cornerback, human highlight reel, and possessor of a surname that sounds…