This is a great story about an international humanitarian tragedy, out of Texas Monthly. Mexican cartels, meanwhile, recognized an opportunity
Author: elrichiboy
How Bad Are Things, Really?
We’re got a mayor who gets elected by promising to “hold the line on taxes,” and his first month in
We Should Have Elected This Guy
From an El Paso Inc. interview: Q: People say El Paso’s taxes are among the highest in the nation, though
Support the Voice of Reason
El Chuqueño has been agitating for sensible government since 2012. We’ve gone through a lot of changes since then, and
El Paso Theme Song?
I love El Paso. I never thought we had to throw billions of dollars at it to make El Paso
Another Shoe Drops
Well, there it is. From the El Paso Times: El Paso County commissioners are looking at a preliminary general fund
Bohemia IPA
Here’s something important. Bohemia has an IPA, and you can get it in Juarez. If you don’t like IPAs, you
What a Difference an Election Makes
The City is proposing raising taxes as high as it can without putting it to the citizens to vote on.
“DO YOU NEED A LIE DETECTOR TEST AND WANT TO BE ON TV?”
“Honey, guess what? We’re going to be on Maury Popvich!” The words every husband/wife wants to hear. I found this
Grit
Here’s Angela Lee Duckworth talking about grit, the power of passion and perseverance. Check it out.
Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s 39 Steps
Here is Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 classic The 39 Steps. Watch this video on YouTube Wikipedia reports that the director’s cameo
Atomic Blonde Trailer
If you wanted to go see a movie in a theater, here’s a movie that’s playing in theaters. If it
Retrovision: It’s Only (Your) Money
This article originally appeared on March 28, 2016. Remember when the machine was pitching those Quality of Life bonds? Some
Peter Dinklage on Passion
Here’s the speech Tyrion Lannister gave to Bennington College’s Class of 2012. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.
Make El Paso a Bastion of Passion
El Paso’s a poor town, and we’re not getting any richer. That’s just a fact. We’re at the absolute bottom
We’re Not Last!
Here’s a list from everybody’s favorite click-bait list creator. WalletHub did a study of the most and least educated MSAs
The City Budget is Fake
Or at least extremely conservative. The proposed budget show sales tax revenues declining by $525,000. El Paso hasn’t experienced a
U2 on YouTube in El Paso
Here’s a music video with sparse oblique references to our fair city. I’ve got Tony Lama, Asarco, and freeway signs.
Sunday Matinee: Deadlier Than the Male
Here’s Elke Sommer, before she was a Bond girl, as a psychotic murderer for a master criminal. Actually, it’s not
Friday Short: A Great Day in Harlem
Here’s a great documentary I found on somebody’s Facebook. (You know who you are.) It features all the jazz greats