The Americans at 5 Points Bistro Tonight!
The Americans bring their Americana folk rock to the 5 Points Bistro, with local stalwarts Sorry About Your Sister providing
Empty Meters
Lord knows I don’t want to tell anybody how to run their business. But . . . . The other
Paul and Julie Go To Juarez
Yesterday I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Julie and Paul, married for 52 years, are ballroom dancers from southern
The Americans at 5 Points Bistro
The Americans bring their white boy blues to 5 Points Bistro tomorrow, Thursday, October 6, with locals Sorry About Your
Juanga Plaza
They launched La Gran Plaza de Juan Gabriel last week. I went Sunday, after the VIPs had made their speeches
The Day I Had Cancer
Yesterday I had cancer. I found it the night before. An angry little red bump on my back, on my
A penny here, a penny there
Did you see that USA Today is railing against cable companies’ set top box rental rates? Here’s what the USA
Make El Paso Great Again
What do we want from El Paso? If you say industry to alleviate the homeowners’ tax burden, I’m not buying
Meta Blog: What the other blogs are saying
You may have noticed that the City settled with Basic IDIQ this week on the San Jacinto Plaza project. DavidK
Ya Basta!
Those people advocating for the El Paso Independent School District bond proposal gotta understand. Enough. We’ve got the same people
Vulgar Talk
I know it’s vulgar to talk about money. Unless it’s for the children. And I hate to talk about how
The Very Best That Other People’s Money Can Buy
The El Paso Times reports that three area lawmakers are throwing their support behind the El Paso Independent School District’s
Brand El Paso, Again
If we want El Paso to gain any ground in the public’s perception, we all have to be pulling in
Millenial Wha?
Alert reader Alberto tipped me off to this illuminating story in The Architects Newspaper which references San Jacinto Plaza: One
Take me back to Tulsa. Please.
In Tulsa, if a cop shoots an unarmed man, the cop gets charged. In El Paso, if a cop shoots
Welcome to the Middle Class
I’m talking about you. Everybody thinks they’re middle class, from Bloomberg News: Distilled interpretations of life in America. Check it
Law and Order: Chucotown
El Paso Times Editor Bob Moore alerted us, via Facebook, to the arbitrator’s ruling on the decision to reinstate Officer
Where are the buskers?
With all the struggling musicians in El Paso, I have to wonder why I don’t see more buskers. Last week
Paul Theroux Writes the Border
Here’s a story in the Smithsonian Magazine by literary giant Paul Theroux about the U.S.-Mexico border, with a guest appearance
Serving the Community
Some of you expressed great concern over the financial health of the Kentucky Club after the taxman closed it earlier