NASA: The World is Running Out of Water
More good news on the potable water front, from NASA via the Washington Post. We’re using groundwater faster than we’re
News from the 4th Estate
Have you noticed that since Gannett announced the takeover of the El Paso Times that the quality of their reporting
Income Distribution and Economic Growth
Those Communists at the International Monetary Fund have decided that when people talk about trickle-down economics, they’re pissing on your
My Big Idea
I have a transformative branding concept for the City of El Paso. I mean it. It’s something we could all
Big Ideas from the Borderplex Alliance, Bless Their Hearts
I’ve been reading the Borderplex Alliance’s Regional Strategic Plan 2015-2020, which you can download here, if you’re feeling a little
The Margarita Cabrera Sculpture Debacle Continues
Accomplished author and journalist Debbie Nathan has summoned some damning emails from the City of El Paso’s handling of artist
El Paso Gets National Attention
According to this story on news aggregator Newser.com, El Paso women can find abortions. A woman in El Paso would
Oops.
No, I really blew it. I mean I really, really, blew it. I went by Lucy’s Coffee Shop today they
Who Wants to be Mayor?
I suspect the power elite is cautiously, surreptitiously, gently, sidling up to some of the ankle-biters and suggesting that they
What’s Their Game?
So City Council is all het up to build a 12,000 seat arena in downtown. What’s that all about? We’re
Adios, amigo
Lucy’s Coffee Shop, that venerable institution that opened in 1974 in that old motor hotel near downtown, appears to have
The Borderplex Alliance’s New Strategic Plan: A Critique
How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars. — Steve Martin Did you read this story in
Big News from Wazoo
Did you read the big news out of Juarez last week? No, not the futbol team. (I thought Juarez already
City (Not El Paso) Raises Taxes to Pay Legal Settlement for Police Misconduct
In a case that may portend what’s in store for El Pasoans, the city of Inkster, Michigan, will hit taxpayers
More on the New State Law on Public Corruption
The El Paso Times reports that the State Legislature passed that bill giving the Texas Rangers the authority to investigate
The El Paso Times Urges Fiscal Responsibility!
The El Paso Times Sunday published an editorial calling for a more sensible approach to civic finance. Over the past
Yeah, that will really work.
Here’s a story from Marty Schladen, writing in the El Paso Times: The director of the Texas Department of Public
El Paso: Not like the Movies
“Mr. Brady, it is the duty of a newspaper to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable”. E.K. Hornbeck (Gene
Where you stand and where you sit
I went to a birthday party for the daughter of a friend of mine last week. I started talking to
How To Live in El Paso: Valentina Hot Sauce
Am I right? I mean, it’s not the same as that special salsa you make, with the grilled and raw