The poobahs at Great Wolf got hornswoggled into opening one of their hotel water parks in El Paso. Have you
Author: elrichiboy
Sunday Matinee: Pickup on South Street
Here’s a cold war era noir flick from back when the Soviet Union was a bad actor. How times have
Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects
This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for
The Mayor’s Missing Emails
From the El Paso Inc.: El Paso Mayor Dee Margo appears to have sidestepped the city’s public information rules and
Sunday Matinee: The Rover
Here’s a 2014 post-apocalyptic dystopia flick set in the Australian outback. No, not Mad Max. A different, more believable, post-apocalyptic
The Easiest Thing To Do Is Not Care
City Council has shown a complete disregard for what many members of the community care about. They’ve made their decisions
We Hardly Knew You
By now you may have heard that Pacific Financial appears to have folded up its tent and left town. Or
Sunday Matinee: Sync
Here’s a surprisingly decent movie that half Quantum Leap, half James Bond, and half Westworld. That’s right. It’s a movie
A Letter
Someone slipped this under the door of El Chuqueño World Headquarters last night. It appears to be a letter from
Bloomberg on Publicly Funded Stadiums
An alert reader pointed out that this week Bloomberg.com, that bastion of liberal thinking, ran an article called Four Reasons
“The Sunk Cost Fallacy”
Here’s a piece from YouAreNotSoSmart.com on the Sunk Cost Fallacy, the idea that you’ve already invested so much in a
Mountain Biking Lost Dog
Here’s the City’s latest advertisement promoting some of the wonderful outdoor opportunities we can enjoy here in El Paso. Watch
Chicano Batman At Music Under the Stars at Cohen on Sunday
There are lots of ways to slice El Paso. Some El Pasoans like baseball and lazy river rides. And some
El Paso’s Finest
By now you’ve seen the El Paso Police Officer draw his weapon on those kids on the southside. In case
About the Lost Dog TIRZ
Here’s some informed speculation about TIRZ 12, the Lost Dog TIRZ. I think it has something to do with that
Trump Takes Aim At Chiclets Vendors
In order to level the playing field with ambulatory vendors on the bridge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has restricted the
Sunday Matinee: Kiss Me Deadly
Here’s Mike Hammer at his glorious best. There’s a lot in this movie. A 1951 Jaguar XK 120 Roadster. A
On The Road Again
According to this story in the USAToday online (which an alert reader directed me to), El Paso was the ninth
How To Live in El Paso: Car-Camping
This 4th of July we went car-camping. I’ve slept on the ground a lot. I used to backpack, hiking into
The El Paso Street Debacle
El Paso Street was El Paso’s first street. Mandy the Mule used to haul transnationals down the middle of the