The Death of the American City
This story from Harper’s is about New York, but it’s the formula our city fathers are emulating. New York has
Sunday Matinee: Nightfall
Here’s a 1956 film noir with some nice cinematography. With Brian Keith, Aldo Ray, Annette Benning, and Rudy Bond. Watch
“Some Cities Are Screwed”
An alert reader sent me this relevant article from Salon: [A]s the adage goes, all economics is local. One part
How Much is So Much?
You hear it all the time. “Thank you so much.” Well, how much is so much? Is it more than
Sign the Lost Dog Petition
The City thinks the way to make El Paso attractive is to tart her up like a hooker in a
Joel Is Right
There are lots of places where people can live and El Paso is one of them. Unfortunately for the El
I Can Admit It When I Make a Mistake
The City can’t. Which is probably why they can’t stop making mistakes. If you’re going to pretend your mistake never
Still Lives: Carlsbad
Photographs by Richard Baron / Stories by John Mulhouse I knew the moment we met that we’d be together until
Looking Back to the Future
I’ve been chasing someone else’s disposable income my whole life. Before slinging drinks on the front lines of the service
What If Their Plan Doesn’t Work?
What if they’re doing it wrong? What if their plans for economic development are based on false assumptions? What if
Sunday Matinee: Fist of Legend
Here’s Jet Li in a 1994 action flick. What else is there to say? Watch this video on YouTube Check
Is El Paso Dying?
I went by the liquor mega-store this week and there were four cars in the parking lot. Inside there were
The El Paso Housing Bubble
The Central Appraisal District tells us that house values are up 7.6 percent this year. While the U.S. Census Bureau
Retrovision: A Failure in Branding
This article originally appeared on 24 August 2017. Here’s a letter to the editor from the El Paso Times: Here
Educating the Electorate
The media aren’t going to do it. Have any of them reported on El Paso’s abysmal population growth rate? Have
The Home of Predatory Capitalism
Here’s another killer essay about the decline of American civilization. A friend, recently, told me a very interesting and telling
If You Build It, Will They Come?
This, from KTSM: City Council approved a controversial proposal Tuesday to create a special taxing zone to spur development along
Sunday Matinee: Hard Boiled
Here’s director John Woo’s 1992 cops and gangsters classic, starring Chow Yun-fat. Lots of that bang bang shoot-’em-up choreography that
City of Dust: Acme and Frazier, New Mexico
A Tale of Two Towns Those of you who are fans of the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote might be
Another More Egregious Open Meeting Violation
From the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas’ Open Meetings Handbook 2018: 2. Section 551.072. Deliberations