Sunday Matinee: Bridge of Spies
Here’s a 2015 instant classic, Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.
Judge Meachum’s Decision
On October 4, the Honorable Amy Clark Meachum of the 250th Judicial District Court in Travis County, Texas, ruled on
What If Guns Aren’t the Problem?
What if our recent spate of mass violence is just a symptom of our country’s bigger issues? Like putting people
Saturday Special Feature: Bad Frank
Here’s a disturbing movie about messing with the wrong guy. Watch this video on YouTube The movie gets off to
Hope & Anchor’s Birthday Party is Today!
I hope you went on Tuesday. But the real party is today. Sorry. I guess I need to learn to
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