Astros Standings: How Houston’s Baseball Team Became the World’s Favorite Metaphor for American Decline
**Houston, We Have a Problem: How the Astros Standings Became a Global Barometer for American Decline** While the citizens of Houston obsess over whether their beloved Astros will clinch another playoff berth, the rest of the planet watches with the detached fascination of spectators at a slow-motion train wreck—except the train is carrying the entire…
