Spring in El Paso
The wind chuffs at a respectably constant 20+ miles per hour, with occasional gusts of forty or fifty or sixty.
Best Friends Forever
I don’t want to queer the deal by pointing it out, but El Paso finally has an effective voice in
The Die is Cast
You have, by now, no doubt, seen the list of candidates for El Paso’s next City Manager. I’m opining that
The Mennonite Connection
Here’s a piece about Mennonites smuggling cocaine into Canada: Jacob Fehr was sentenced last week to seven years in prison
At least they’re not peeing on the Alamo
He probably thought it was just any old historic mission: A judge ordered a 23-year-old El Paso man to spend
Is it trickle down economics if someone’s peeing on your leg?
More good news for the people who are responsible for El Paso’s economic development, the Borderplex Alliance. Business is booming
How About El Paso?
All you chile-heads have probably been following this story about Sriracha’s fight with the city of Irwindale, California. For those
300 MPG Volkswagen Not Available in the USA
Here’s a story that maintains that Americans are being denied the opportunity to buy cars with fuel-efficient technology because oil
It’s a Good Day
Your life just got way better and you didn’t even know it. Here’s a story in which a World Bank
Tarnished Brands: The Abuse of Trust
Maybe you saw this piece about the 120 most trusted brands in America. Brand management is serious business, and it
We’re not in Kansas
Here’s a story from KSHB in Kansas City, explaining how police obtained a search warrant for a home which resulted
Murder at Yankee’s Bar
According to this story in LaPolaka, a man was killed in Yankee’s Bar this weekend after getting into an argument
They mean well, I think.
I don’t hate El Paso. I’m not against downtown development. What I hate are people who pretend that they know
Leeser is kind of like Obama
Lots of the people who voted for Oscar Leeser, expecting Hope and Change, must be kind of disappointed that he’s
The Big Picture
The sad part is that the Borderplex Alliance can’t brag about its successes. At least, not in El Paso. But
The More Things Change . . .
According to this story in La Polaka, the new commandant of the the Federal Police in Juarez, Jorge Armando Pavón
Secret Emails and the Lizard People
Every citizen of El Paso should be troubled by the City’s actions, and inactions, concerning the “secret” emails demanded by
Downtown El Paso: The Land of Opportunity
Good news for all those ballpark advocates: There is still lots of opportunity in downtown El Paso! With the Southwestern
Weekend at Fernie’s
Did you see this story in the Diario about the guys in Juarez who were driving around with the corpse
Meth Mango Recovered
You probably missed the story about the stolen 10 ton mango. That’s okay, it’s been found — with a meth