Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.
Salsa Brava
At Monarch last night the salsa brava was pretty popular. “You should sell it,” people said. But I’m not into
Maybe You Can Relate
Perhaps you’ve seen this. It’s a used car commercial for a 1996 Honda Accord. Watch this video on YouTube Check
Free To Good Home, Chile Pequin Plants
I’ve got about six or nine Chile Pequin plants growing in pots, and I’d like to offshore them before it’s
The Left Hand Doesn’t Know the Lies the Right Hand Is Telling
Lookie here. Here’s a slide from the presentation that the City of El Paso’s Director of Economic Development Jessica Herrera
Is The City Paying Companies To Not Leave Town?
At the October 3, 2017, meeting, the El Paso City Council passed the following ordinance: That the City Manager is
City of Dust: Pinos Altos, New Mexico
High Pines About seven miles north of Silver City, New Mexico, on Hwy 15, at the gateway to the massive
El Paso Electric is a Bad Corporate Citizen
The El Paso Inc. reports that El Paso Electric Company CEO Mary Kipp was recently feted at the El Paso
Where’s Peter?
Here’s former City Representative and mayoral candidate Steve Ortega talking about the trolley in the El Paso Scene: Among the
Orion and Us
Watch this video on YouTube Tonight, when I took the dogs out, low in the sky on the east end
Sunday Matinee: Kurmanjan Datka, Queen of the Mountains
Here’s a movie from Kyrgyzstan. Who would have thunk it? Here’s a quote from the Hollywood Times: [Sharon] Stone called
Mexican Tiger Trap
La Polaka, Periodismo en Caliente, reports a wave of retaliatory violence in Western Chihuahua following the arrest of the drug
El Paso Electric Fund Drive
With the holidays coming up, it’s time to consider those of us who are less fortunate. Like those poor dears
As Goes Baltimore, So Goes El Paso
Here’s an abstract of a scholarly article from the Journal of Urban Affairs. The title of the paper is “Downtown
I Love El Paso
El Paso is a great town. The people are friendly and unpretentious. The weather’s good, mostly. The sunsets are often
The Money Quote
After I posted that article yesterday, about El Paso’s low salaries, I was reminded that I left out the best
All I Want is Good Government
That’s all I want. Government responsive to the needs of its citizens. All its citizens. Not just the campaign donors.
Surprise! We’re Poor!
According to this story in the El Paso Inc., jobs in El Paso pay only 72 percent of the national
Sunday Matinee: The Card
In America, this 1952 movie was released as The Promoter. It features a 38 year-old Alec Guinness as Edward Henry
Blame the Boomers
Here’s an interesting hypothesis: The country is in it’s sorry state because the Baby Boomers are sociopaths. Even before the
City of Dust: Causey, New Mexico
In the Shadow of the Buffalo Hunters There are some towns out on the eastern plains of New Mexico, not