City of Dust: Duran, New Mexio
The Last Hanging Crime Someday I’ll tell you a tale of a town that didn’t owe its very existence to
The American Dream Index
Here’s an article from Forbes that rates the 50 states according to the future and viability of their middle class.
Make El Paso Great Again
Lemme tell you how to get us out of that hole that the hubris of misguided city officials, at the
In Hell I’ll Be in Good Company
Here’s a little musical respite from the band Dead South. Also, you can learn how to dance. You’re welcome.
Downtown Update
Here’s the latest lowdown on downtown, or DWNTWN as El Pasoans spell it on Wheel of Fortune, because we can’t
Welcome to El Paso. Now Go Home.
El Paso is hot right now. There’s Kahlid. He’s some kind of a rock star. No doubt City Council is
Road Kill
There is only one entrance into this world but there are a lot of exits out of it. Most of
Then Let’s Build an Arena
By all means. Here’s the El Paso Times inadvertently weighing in on the arena controversy. Now, with a baseball stadium
Can’t we go back to the drawing board?
Here’s a breakdown of El Paso County’s population change for the year ending July 1, 2016, courtesy U.S. Census Bureau
Sunday Matinee: Some Chinese Fantasy Movie
This movie is like Ray Harryhausen’s Sinbad visits Wonder Woman. Or something. In Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese?), with English subtitles.
City of Dust: Yeso, New Mexico
Life (and Death) by Railroad Most of the ghost towns I visit have been written about by Philip Varney in
Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 3
In this final episode of Clandestino: El Cartel de Sinaloa, the documentarians take us up to and over the border
Feliz Cumpleaños, Mary!
Mary, the bartender at the Buen Tiempo, is celebrating her birthday today. The Buen Tiempo is the oldest bar in
Hasta la Vista, Baby
The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are
Tickets, Please
Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the
There’s One Born Every Minute
The El Paso Times reports today that the El Paso Electric Company is introducing a solar energy plan. El Paso
Dangerous Naivete
El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse candidates. We’ve had our hearts broken too many times. But anyone who says they can build
Seeing Birds and Stars
Loose Dead Grass Season has now given way to Horny Bird Season, which is sometimes known as Suicidal Bird Season
Sunday Matinee: Dead Man Running
Here’s a movie wid fiddy as the heavy. It’s pretty good. Check it out.
Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 2
Did you see Chapter 1? In Chapter 2, we get to meet a sicario and cop who explains his ties