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
The Border 80 Years Ago
Here are some great pictures of the border in the late 1930s, from a story in the Washington Post. As
The Con
Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The
The Chicano Batman Show is Going to Sell Out
Chicano Batman is playing the Perch at Tricky Falls on May 29, and it looks like that show will sell
Downtown Living Tour
The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money
It’s Almost Funny
Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In
Juarez: A Comprehensive Briefing
Here’s an article from Business Insider that provides a pretty complete review and update on the violence in Juarez. If
Name Calling
A couple of weeks ago Mary and I went to go see Skye dance in the UTEP dance department’s show