Culture, Counterculture, Commentary, and Stuff
Development economists like to talk about an economy’s comparative advantage. Investopedia says this about Comparative Advantage: Comparative advantage is an
By now you may have heard that Pacific Financial appears to have folded up its tent and left town. Or
At a Special Meeting on Monday, City Council approved an additional $20 million in Certificates of Obligation for the Children’s
Here’s a surprisingly decent movie that half Quantum Leap, half James Bond, and half Westworld. That’s right. It’s a movie
Someone slipped this under the door of El Chuqueño World Headquarters last night. It appears to be a letter from
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
Here’s a piece from YouAreNotSoSmart.com on the Sunk Cost Fallacy, the idea that you’ve already invested so much in a
Here’s the City’s latest advertisement promoting some of the wonderful outdoor opportunities we can enjoy here in El Paso. No,
There are lots of ways to slice El Paso. Some El Pasoans like baseball and lazy river rides. And some
By now you’ve seen the El Paso Police Officer draw his weapon on those kids on the southside. In case
Here’s some informed speculation about TIRZ 12, the Lost Dog TIRZ. I think it has something to do with that
Here’s the City’s Economic Development Director spinning the TIRZs: City Council voted to approve the creation of Tax Increment Reinvestment
The City is in the midst of budget talks. Here’s the almost latest from the El Paso Times: Homeowners could
In order to level the playing field with ambulatory vendors on the bridge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has restricted the
I recently discovered in a Barnes & Nobel restroom that nerds are terrible shots, which really isn’t that much of
I think the City spends our money poorly. The City spends our money courting out-of-town businesses that compete with our
Here’s Mike Hammer at his glorious best. There’s a lot in this movie. A 1951 Jaguar XK 120 Roadster. A
According to this story in the USAToday online (which an alert reader directed me to), El Paso was the ninth
This 4th of July we went car-camping. I’ve slept on the ground a lot. I used to backpack, hiking into
El Paso Street was El Paso’s first street. Mandy the Mule used to haul transnationals down the middle of the