Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with 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
Hairly Legal
Watch this video on YouTube I missed my real calling, playing in a hair band. I still could, I guess,
Why They Need an Arena
Here’s some interesting history to go with the prior post about eight million dollars a year that the El Paso
The Master Plan
How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium Now it’s a futbol stadium. From the El
Sunday Matinee: Zachariah
Here’s a rock and roll, “electric” western “comedy” from 1971, featuring Country Joe and the Fish, the James Gang, Don
The CBC on the Mennonite Connection
Here’s a show from the Canadian news program The Fifth Estate about our friendly neighbors to the south, the Mennonites,
Did You Feel That?
Was it a change in the weather, or is that what it feels like when the worm turns? Things are
MountainStar Sports Group Soccer Survey
MountainStar contracted with a sports marketing management consulting company to conduct a survey to gauge El Paso’s interest in their
Better Bike Sharing
LimeBike recently raised $50 million in its second round of capital funding to expand its operations in the U.S. The