Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.
Dirty John in the L.A. Times
Here’s a nice piece of lurid journalism from the Los Angeles Times, a six part series called Dirty John: Their
City of Dust: Hanover, New Mexico
Zinc Town Just three miles southeast of Fierro, New Mexico, the town featured a few weeks ago, is Hanover. Hanover
A Horror Story
With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I’d share this true life horror story. The City of El Paso’s
Welcome to Rancho El Paso
El Paso is poor. According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there were 267,376 households in El Paso County in 2016,
I’ve Got a Chile Problem
Two years ago I planted chile pequin. I bought the dried chiles at the grocery store, crushed the pods, and
“Women Aren’t Nags. We’re Just Fed Up.”
My wife told me to post this story. I don’t know why. “What bothers me the most about having any
Hubris, and an Attack on Democracy
They felt the wind and thought it was their own breath. When El Paso blew up, say from somewhere around
Retrovision: Forget the Arena
This article originally appeared on 8 February 2017. Here’s a feel-good story from the El Paso Times about how few
Dunga Din
Watch this video on YouTube The other day our Smartest Dog In the World diagnosed Taylor with strep throat. I
It’s Time for Plan B
No, not emergency contraception. We missed that boat years ago. It’s time to stop pretending like those Quality of Life
Sunday Matinee: Confessions of a Samurai
Here’s a Russian-Japanese movie about a yakuza gangster who becomes an orthodox priest and moves to Russia to escape his
Gringolandia
Here’s a YouTube series you obviously haven’t heard about. It’s called Gringolandia. Netflix picked it up. Maybe you’ve heard of
I Want a Salad, Not a Soup
Our city leaders are trying to give El Paso all the soul of an airport food court. That’s bad, but
Straight Talk About the Arena
There’s a lot of noise about the arena. Duranguito. Gringolandia. Contempt of court. Arrogant and dismissive. Mysterious phone surveys. Voter
There’s One Born Every Minute
Downtown’s renovation is going swimmingly! Here’s a story in the El Paso Inc. about the Abdou Building. The historic Abdou
The Monsoon
The war was almost over but we didn’t know it yet. I was still in bed. It was dark, but
The Naked Cowboy Comes to Juarez
Celebrity is like paper money. Celebrity has no intrinsic value. It’s not like talent. It’s not like skill. It’s not,
Greetings From Gringolandia!
Wish you were here! County Commissioner Vince Perez is all in our face about Senator Jose Rodriguez’ quote in Texas
Free Money
Am I reading this right? It’s the attachment for the agenda item for the new office tower downtown. Not only
New Mexico’s Exodus Problem Sounds Familiar
Here’s a story I came across in US News and World Report: After years of stagnation, New Mexico’s economy is