Truth, Justice, and the American Way. These days, asking if truth and justice are the American way is a legitimate
Author: Rich Wright
Losing Faith In Our Institutions
Here’s a story from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that posits pretty conclusively that COVID originated in a lab
The EPISD – CREEED Controversy
Charter schools aren’t the problem. This story from KTSM.com: El Paso businessmen and board members of a nonprofit supporting the
Elect Brawlers
Traditionally, in El Paso, we elect nice guys. They’re politicians. Polite is practically in the name. There’s nothing wrong with
How Governments Cheat You On Property Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from the Gray Lady: Homeowners have long complained about inequitable assessments, and past studies have documented
El Paso’s Trickle Down Economy
Remember 50 years ago, when Trickle Down was all the rage? That coincided with maybe the fifth time that City
Retrovision: The Lies they Tell us
This post originally appeared on 27 April 2020. Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to
The Government and the Governed
El Paso is culturally unique. There is no other place in the world like El Paso. The U.S. Census Bureau’s
The Lies They Tell Us
Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to indefinitely postpone the proposed arena in Duranguito. Let’s
The State of Politics
I didn’t make the runoff. But Tuesday night, before the probability curve collapsed, I went to a meeting with a
The Long (and Painful) Goodbye
I’ve got this new theory that explains the machinations of City Government. Let me try it out on you. I
Stockholm Syndrome
Today, City Council decided to give the farm to Great Wolf Resorts, in the form of swathes of land, obscene
The Great Wolf Swindle
The City must have stayed up late figuring out how to swindle the taxpayers with that new Great Wolf Lodge.
Trolley Follies
No matter how you feel about the trolley conceptually, you have to admit that the execution has been disappointing. There
Will The Cure Kill El Paso?
El Paso suffers from Brain Drain. Since 2012 to 2017, the County of El Paso has seen a net domestic
An Old Canard, Revived
Here’s an entertaining post from District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez, hyping the benefits of the Children’s Museum. Which is curious,
Clunk Clunk
In a report that will surprise no one, tripnet.org informs us that the roads in El Paso are some of
Future El Paso
Isn’t anyone else concerned that the City of El Paso is operating on a plan that was largely conceived in
From the People Who Brought You “It’s All Good”
If you needed more proof of El Paso’s corrupt, inbred, good old boy network, consider this: Bill Burton, the mastermind
Those Gratuitous TIRZs
The City of El Paso is going out of its way to develop some land on the fringe of the