Corporate boards have a responsibility to their shareholders, and generally those shareholders expect the corporate boards to maximize profits. It’s
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Welcome to the Middle Class
I’m talking about you. Everybody thinks they’re middle class, from Bloomberg News: Distilled interpretations of life in America. Check it
Sunday Matinee: Sword of the Beast
This is a great Western. It’s so far west, it’s set in Japan. A solitary wandering gun (sword) man, chased
Do You Like Cigarettes After Sex?
Because they’re playing tonight they played last night at the Lowbrow Palace. Check it out.
Sunday Matinee: Get the Gringo
For you viewing pleasure, Get the Gringo, starring Mel Gibson, in a Mexican prison. This is the best movie you’re
A Rare Word from the El Paso Times
This was on their website today: The problem is that people tend to gauge their ability to afford purchases based
Manufacturing Consent
The EPISD School Board claims that recommending less than what the Bond Committee asked for would be “disrespecting” the committee.
And Champagne in the Cafeterias
The El Paso Times reports that this year every EPISD high school student will be issued a laptop. Are you
Treating the Symptoms Instead of the Disease
So let’s see, we cut funding for mental health care, make it illegal to self-medicate, instill fear and paranoia in
Huh?
Here’s a quote form District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein, from KVIA. “El Paso sometimes gets destroyed under the stick when
Ghosts?
Here’s a piece that makes one question the durability of the membrane between the here-and-now and the afterlife. Mourning seems
Words to Live By
As a public service, I am forwarding the advice of Milwaukee police Chief Ed Flynn, who offered the public these
Is that blood on your banana?
According to various news outlets, Chiquita admitted paying Colombian paramilitaries $1.7 million between 1997 and 2004. Now, the U.S. district
Thug Life
Watch this video on YouTube
Papal Economics
Besides the million dollars we’re spending on security, do you think the Pope’s visit to Juarez will have an economic
Goodbye
You could have called to say goodbye. I might have tried to stop you, but maybe not. Everyone has the
It’s Just Business
You may have heard of the workers at Juarez’ Lexmark plant getting fired for asking for a raise. Printer and