El Chuqueño

Under the mask of the war on drugs By Lars Schall “If you look at the drug war from a

The War on Drugs: Now, after all these years, it even sounds dumb and tiresome. Here we are on our

I like El Paso. What about all those people saying it’s not good enough for them? (read more)

“I’d go to Juarez,” the straw man said, “except for all the killing.” (read more)

All across American, downtowns are in trouble. They’re dead, or dying. It’s epidemic. When happy motoring drew middle class Americans

Las Cruces has lots more exciting news than El Paso. “While being booked last Thursday night at the Doña Ana

Las Cruces has lots more exciting news than El Paso. “Las Cruces Police detectives learned that Gower was at 810

Are they crazy? Seventy-one games a year. Four hours a game, including pedestrian commute time. The rest of the time,

“Is it any surprise that most cyclists indentify as atheists and liberals?” (read more) Hat tip to Federico Villalba.

Have y’all been to Music Under the Stars lately? Of course you haven’t, because they’re not letting you bring your

What if the team sucks? Because (spoiler alert), they do. (read more)

I’m sure they mean well, those private investors and city politicians who want to build a baseball stadium in downtown

I hate vodka. I hate the icepick headaches that are the signature feature of vodka hangovers. I hate not knowing

Here’s a story about some policia in Jalisco, barging into a hotel and picking up three men who were later

I really love your hair, not many women can pull that off, she says. I smile and thank her, my

You do not have to believe in the superiority of your country over others to love your country. The globalization

This story comes to us from the Arizone Republic via Molly Malloy at Frontera List. “Although the grisly deaths were

The Economist wrote about the 16th Congressional District of Texas primary campaign between Beto O’Rourke and Silvestre Reyes. While they

The building that burned down on a Friday in April was not particularly important, despite the gnashing of teeth over