2026 Lexus IS: A Luxury Sedan for the End Times (or at Least the Next Recession) By Our Correspondent Somewhere between the Duty-Free and the Apocalypse Let us begin with a universal truth: every nation believes its traffic is the worst. From Jakarta’s scooter tsunamis to Los Angeles’ parking-lot freeways, drivers worldwide cling to the…
Liechtenstein: The Micro-Monarchy Quietly Running the World’s Off-Balance Sheet By the time you finish this sentence, Liechtenstein’s 39,000 citizens will have collectively earned another million francs, most of it from accounts whose owners would rather you not know their names. That’s the speed at which the planet’s sixth-smallest sovereign state moves money—fast enough to make…
Cal Poly vs Utah: A Collegiate Gladiator Match Observed by a Warming Planet By Dave’s Locker International Affairs Desk When the Cal Poly Mustangs and the Utah Utes trot onto the same patch of turf this weekend, the clash will be broadcast on a half-dozen satellites and streamed to bunkers, boardrooms, and basement bars from…
Haití and Honduras: A Tale of Two Hemispheres United by the Art of Being Forgotten By the International Desk, Dave’s Locker Somewhere between the breakfast tables of Geneva and the barstools of Brooklyn, the names Haiti and Honduras are politely excused from conversation like relatives who drank too much at last year’s wedding. Yet, on…
ConocoPhillips: The Friendly Neighborhood Oil Giant Quietly Reshaping the Planet Byline: From a press-room somewhere between Houston and Hades There’s a moment, somewhere between the third espresso and the fourth climate report, when you realize ConocoPhillips is less an energy company and more a planetary-scale bartender—mixing equal parts liquefied dinosaurs, shareholder dividends, and geopolitical hangover….
