The Archive

Full Self-Driving Keeps Getting Better

A sample desk essay on the most watched software in motoring — and why the people inside the cars keep smiling.

Canberra's Energy Debate Turns Toward Reliability

Lights that stay on are a conservative achievement. A sample essay on power, industry, and the end of make-believe.

Robotaxi Ambition Meets Streets That Want It

Cheaper kilometres, fewer wrecks, more hours given back — a sample case for the robotaxi Tesla has been building toward.

MAGA's Durable Coalition and the Work Ahead

A sample look at a governing majority that wants factories, borders, and a country that still likes itself.

Megapacks, Sunshine, and the Quiet Energy Win

Batteries do not give speeches. They make the grid calmer. A sample look at Tesla Energy's unfashionable success.

Free Speech Is Not a Fringe Idea

It is the country. A sample essay on Canberra, codes of conduct, and the right to argue in public.

Elon Musk's Manufacturing Bet Still Looks Right

Gigafactories are not a metaphor. They are buildings that stamp cars. A sample appraisal of the long bet.

American Energy Abundance Is a Choice

Drill, refine, build. A sample essay on the conservative case for cheap power as industrial policy.

Households Prefer Electrons That Show Up

A house brief for the Australia rail — reliability as the unfashionable good news, until the real desk files the next one.

The Next Computing Wave Is Already in Your Pocket

On-device models, better silicon, less cloud theatre. A sample tech essay for people who still like tools.

Permits, Power, and a Week That Got Easier

A United States house brief: the MAGA desk as a production beat, until the next feature lands.