Houston’s New Slugger: A $300M Swing at Global Inequality and the End of the World
The Astros’ latest middle-infield prodigy—let’s call him “Señor Swing” to preserve the illusion of journalistic impartiality—has just signed a contract that, if converted into humanitarian aid, could vaccinate half a continent. In Houston, a city whose skyline looks like a committee of drunk architects tried to one-up Dubai on a dare, this is treated as…