Appeal: The Last Refuge of the Global Scoundrel By Our Correspondent, Somewhere Between the Hague and Hollywood There is, perhaps, no finer spectator sport than watching the mighty file an appeal. From war-crimes defendants in bespoke suits to TikTok influencers clutching restraining orders, the act of appeal has become the universal pastime of the modern…
The Quiet Bureaucrat with the Planet in His Briefcase By Our Man in the Cheap Seats, Dave’s Locker Foreign Desk When the Director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation takes the podium these days, the live feed is carried on every continent except Antarctica—and even the penguins have requested the transcript. That is…
PARIS—Somewhere between the baguette crumbs and the hushed reverence of Court 2 at Roland-Garros, Alycia Parks is busy reminding the planet that power tennis is no longer the monopoly of Eastern European finishing schools or Floridian academies staffed by ex-Soviet taskmasters with a vitamin-B12 drip. Instead, the 6-foot-1 product of suburban Atlanta—pop. 500K, humidity 200%—has…
