Monthly Archives: June 2005

Colonel Sanders Keeps His Head

Posted on June 27, 2005 by Tony

Published in the sadly departed Japanese food culture magazine Eat in May 2001 This time around, the Colonel kept his head. Local police in China’s Hunan province had been braced for the worst during the Hainan spy-plane standoff earlier this … Continue reading →

Posted in Annals of Globalization, Cuisine | 12 Comments

Lipstick Jihad!

Posted on June 27, 2005 by Tony

Five reasons why you should buy my friend Azadeh’s book 1) Because she’s supersmart, writes with delightful wit and levity, and has an acute eye for the telling detail and irony that best convey a broad observation – her recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Shameless Cronyism | 8 Comments

The Globalization of Footie

Posted on June 26, 2005 by Tony

A version of this story was published on TIME.com in July, 2004 Fenian, moi? Celtic’s Guinean defender Bobo Balde Visitors to Ibrox Park, home of Glasgow Rangers, might have been more than a little gobsmacked recently to see the home … Continue reading →

Posted in Annals of Globalization, Glancing Headers | 11 Comments

Bin Laden as a Brand

Posted on June 24, 2005 by Tony

First published March 2004 in South Africa’s Sunday Times It’s a safe bet that Osama bin Laden has no significant following in Mexico. So there was something incongruous about hundreds of soccer fans from that overwhelmingly Catholic country recently urging … Continue reading →

Posted in Situation Report | 10 Comments