Remember when all our good civil servants, elected officials, and captains of industry were pitching those Quality of Life bond
Category: Media
RIP, Javier Valdez Cárdenas
We’ve got it pretty good here. The water runs when I turn the faucet. When I’m hungry, I eat. The
We’re Number 1, Again!
This story in El Diario about a book called Los Narcos Gringos makes an interesting assertion: “El Paso, como muchas
El Paso Times Covers the Arena Lawsuit. Sort Of.
The El Paso Times finally got around to covering the lawsuit over the arena this weekend. The story came out
Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.
El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is
The Border 80 Years Ago
Here are some great pictures of the border in the late 1930s, from a story in the Washington Post. As
Me and Paul
Here’s a killer story about Willie Nelson’s drummer, best friend, and bodyguard, Paul English. And it’s got an El Paso
White Power?
Please read this article on the DailyKos. Unless the pictures are Photoshopped, it sure looks like some of our president’s
Blue Demon Jr. vs. The Border Patrol
Here’s a cool video from the New York Times about an event that takes place occasionally in California farming communities.
Do You Know This Woman?
“A woman is suspected of using stolen credit cards, and the El Paso Police Department is asking for the public’s
Unbiased Reporting?
Do you think you can get the truth from the El Paso Times? Look at this column from Ramon Bracamontes
It’s Good to Get Out
Last night I had to the opportunity to talk to some people I hadn’t met before. I handed them some
Crowder on the Arena
This week David Crowder unpacks the arena rebate, and things aren’t what the City told us. From an article titled
Brutus Speaks!
Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak makes some good points with deeper implications, in this post titled EPISD bonds-story changes again.
Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Chihuahua
According to news reports, a radio journalist was shot dead in his driveway in Ciudad Chihuahua on Saturday morning. From
El Late Night with Special Guest Richard Wright
Walking across the bridge, I wish I’d brought a scarf, except the holiday house guests were between me and the
The Summer of ’69
A conscious reader alerted me to this piece on MSN.com: When Michael Lightbourn agreed to look at an old hot
Futbol Chuco-style
Here’s a piece from the New York Times with an El Paso dateline. It talks about the choice American futbol
This Just In: It’s Not All Good
In an uncharacteristic manifestation of candor, the El Paso Times today ran a story on property taxes. Let me say
The Killers and the Hitchhiker
This sounds like a movie. Read it now, or watch in a couple of years on our Sunday Matinee. A