Here’s an insightful analysis of how things work in America. There is the visible government situated around the Mall in
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A Plague of Biblical Proportions
It could happen here. An Arizona town is overrun with tiny pooches that are terrorizing children and defecating anywhere they
Is the Lottery rigged?
No, not at all. Every other institution in this country is hopelessly corrupt, but not the one that gives away
Observations on the State of Journalism
Time mgazine’s cover story on Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto was widely panned on the internet and social media, and
Because El Paso
The John Cook campaign launched their website this week. Here’s a link. You should look at it. Then you should
Quebrando Malo
Here’s the extended trailer for the Spanish Breaking Bad, set in Colombia. It’s exactly the same. Only different.
We’re Number 46!
The United States, the world’s superpower, has been surrendering it’s moral high ground ever since, and probably before, 9/11. When
Glass Beach Holiday
I’ve been trying to figure out why the City’s recent branding efforts have been off-key. They refuse to acknowledge that
Market Manipulation?
Here’s something interesting I noticed: The price of Western Refining (WNR) stock has dropped more than 15 percent since its
“The Disadvantages of an Elite Education”
I’ve noticed that people who go to a name brand university, and even those who who go to a lower
Stockton, The Future of El Paso
I just came across this story about Stockton, California, in the Huffington Post. It sounds eerily familiar: A $47 million
The Brownfield Empire
If any of you who read El Chuqueño don’t read The Brownfield Empire, you are doing yourselves a disservice. Here’s
Snowden’s Interview with German TeeVee (in English)
I had no idea that Edward Snowden’s interview with German television hadn’t been covered by U.S. so-called mainstream media, until
Even She Knows She’s Bullshitting
The El Paso Times reported that City Manager Joyce Wilson spoke to the Central Business Association last week. “The role
County Elections: Why bother?
Well, the county elections are coming up. So what? None of the incumbents have a lot to brag about what
Deport the Biebs?
The Biebs is lucky he’s not a poor Mexican: I think it’s fair to say then that if Bieber’s neighbor’s
Those Poor Guys at the Borderplex Alliance
The ballpark stunt really backfired for the Hunts. Obama mobilized a disenfranchised electorate in 2008, and then Beto fanned the
Strange Object on the Moon
Here’s a story about some weird structure(?) on the moon. The wedge-shaped object, which has seven circular points evenly arranged
I’ve Got a Secret
Don’t tell anyone, but I think the El Paso Times paywall isn’t working. They announced it last December, in an
Pope’s Peace Doves Attacked
It’s hard to not read some symbolism into this story from The Guardian: Two white doves that were released as