Here’s some interesting history to go with the prior post about eight million dollars a year that the El Paso
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Sunday Matinee: Zachariah
Here’s a rock and roll, “electric” western “comedy” from 1971, featuring Country Joe and the Fish, the James Gang, Don
The CBC on the Mennonite Connection
Here’s a show from the Canadian news program The Fifth Estate about our friendly neighbors to the south, the Mennonites,
Did You Feel That?
Was it a change in the weather, or is that what it feels like when the worm turns? Things are
MountainStar Sports Group Soccer Survey
MountainStar contracted with a sports marketing management consulting company to conduct a survey to gauge El Paso’s interest in their
Better Bike Sharing
LimeBike recently raised $50 million in its second round of capital funding to expand its operations in the U.S. The
Bloomberg on Jaime Bermúdez
Here’s a story from Bloomberg News on the Godfather of Maquilas, juarense Jaime Bermúdez. In Ciudad Juárez, along the U.S.-Mexico
Sunday Matinee: Puppet on a Chain
Here’s a 1971 movie based on an Alistair Maclean novel. The story takes a cop from the U.S. to Amsterdam
The Good . . .
Ready One, nee the National Company for the Employment of the Disabled, the enterprise that former CEO Bob Jones drove
The Bad . . .
El Paso made a couple more lists this week. We’re number nine on the list of fastest warming cities, according
The Ugly
Finally, this weekend the El Paso Times ran a guest column bylined by our beloved mayor. Here’s a piece of
Billares El Cid
Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income and opportunity, the present is not equally distributed. In Mexico, the
The Local Economy Is Doing Great. Except Structurally.
Good news, everybody. The local economy is doing great. From the El Paso Inc.: What if someone said the U.S.
Plan B
Here’s a video from Vice.com and Nike, celebrating Chicano culture and the Cortez. The contributions of Los Angeles’s Chicanos to
We’re Going to Revitalize Ourselves to Death
It’s time to stop pretending like El Paso’s biggest challenge is downtown revitalization. Here’s MountainStar Sports Group’s Executive Director Josh
Sunday Matinee: Bridge of Spies
Here’s a 2015 instant classic, Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.
Judge Meachum’s Decision
On October 4, the Honorable Amy Clark Meachum of the 250th Judicial District Court in Travis County, Texas, ruled on
What If Guns Aren’t the Problem?
What if our recent spate of mass violence is just a symptom of our country’s bigger issues? Like putting people
Saturday Special Feature: Bad Frank
Here’s a disturbing movie about messing with the wrong guy. Watch this video on YouTube The movie gets off to
Hope & Anchor’s Birthday Party is Today!
I hope you went on Tuesday. But the real party is today. Sorry. I guess I need to learn to