Sam Leavitt, Quarterback-in-Transit, and the Quiet Collapse of Borders By our man in the departure lounge, nursing a flat espresso and a passport full of regrets Geneva—Ask any seasoned observer of geopolitics what keeps them awake at night and you’ll get the usual litany: supply-chain chokepoints, microchip embargoes, TikTok. Yet the name currently ricocheting between…
The Curious Case of Germie Bernard, or How One College Receiver Became a Global Metaphor for Everything Wrong and Right With Us By the time most Europeans finished their second espresso on an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday, Twitter had already decided that Germie Bernard—freshly transferred wide receiver from Alabama to Washington—was either the second coming of…
Zach Calzada, Quarterback Without Portfolio, Drifts into the Geopolitical Void ————————————————————————– If you squint at a world map hard enough, you can almost see the faint contrails of Zach Calzada’s career arcing above the usual fly-over states like a rogue weather balloon—visible, vaguely ominous, and ultimately nobody’s responsibility. Once a celebrated three-star from Georgia via…
