(Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how
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People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open
Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway
by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s
El Paso is Falling
The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the
The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz
Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”
By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched
The Biggest Campaign of the Season
The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the
Economic Undevelopment
According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs
Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho
By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22,
“Where Texas Begins”
The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where
“You’re Fired!”
Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again,
Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule
by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That
MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES
by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of
Gone Fishing
by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed