Today’s front page headline of the dead tree edition of our English almost-daily newspaper is “Five new restaurants to try in El Paso”. The story
Honoring the Mexican Workers Who Saved the United States
By Kent Paterson For the first time in 60 years, Sebastián Corral touched the earth of Rio Vista Farm in
Heather Wilson’s Folly
UTEP’s president Heather Wilson wants the County of El Paso to ask the voters of the county to give the
Is El Paso Cool?
I remember when I lived in Austin, back before the invention of the automobile, there were Phds flipping burgers at
Corruption and the Decline of El Paso
Some people would have you believe that El Paso’s apogee was 1950, and we’ve been in steady decline ever since.
HARRY NELSON SHIPLEY: THE “BIG KID” OF THE JUAREZ PLAYGROUND, Part 1
by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,
The “Future of El Paso” Debacle
If you only get your news from El Chuqueño, you missed this piece of news. From ElPasoMatters.com: The National Science
More of What You Should Expect
From the El Paso Times: Once again bucking the will of a chorus of El Paso residents, the El Paso
What Did You Expect?
From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot
How Owners of Professional Sports Teams Dodge Taxes
Here’s an interesting story from ProPublica.com about how the owners of professional sports teams escape income taxes: The IRS has
Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class
Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone
