You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La Fiesta used to be a
Stop the bleeding
This morning the El Paso Times noticed that property taxes in El Paso are escalating at an undesirable rate. Not
The Last Great Place
They’re aren’t a lot of decent public spaces left for the common man. If you squint, the future looks
It’s All Better
I got a couple of reports from the meeting last Thursday of the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau Strategic
Why It’s Not All Good
Tomorrow the El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau Strategic Communication Task Force will meet at the Convention Center to discuss
Caro Quintero and the Border Patrol
Two curious and apparently unrelated news stories are eerily inversely similar. In one, a Mexican judge ordered the release of
Things about Uruguay
Uruguay is slightly smaller that the state of Washington. It almost never freezes in Uruguay. Uruguay’s highest point is Cerro
Guatitas a la Española
I got invited to a futbol club social gathering the other night. Dinner was involved. Chilenos eat late. Oh good,
Valparaiso’s Staircase Culture
“Don’t go up the stairs at night,” our landlady told me. “They’ll steal your camera.” But it was June. The
Crazy Joe Muench
Two recent columns by El Paso Times’ Joe Muench question the straw men opposing progress in El Paso. Here’s one,
If you go to bed drunk in South America . . .
the room spins in the opposite direction.
How El Paso (and Juarez) Are Different Than Chicago
I was born in Chicago. I don’t remember it well. I was young at the time. There was a time,
No good deed goes unpunished.
I bet Josh and Woody Hunt, and Paul Foster and Alejandra de la Vega weren’t expecting the negative backlash they
Weather report
It’s raining in Valparaiso right now. A storm blew in from Antarctica, and the sea is angry. (I’ve never had
Bamboozled in Thrall
The most logical explanation for the illogical behavior of our immediate past City Council is that they completely believed the
Bland El Paso
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. And maybe it wasn’t that much of a secret. But really, they should have
Bob Dylan on El Paso’s New Slogan
Cold-blooded killer, stalking the town Cop cars blinking, something bad going down Buildings are crumbling in the neighborhood But there’s
What’s the Secret?
Some of the decisions that have been made lately make me think that the decision makers aren’t putting all their
Name that Team
Here’s my take on the El Paso Triple A Baseball Team Naming Fiasco, henceforth, Namegate. (Here’s the story in the
How Steve-O Lost the Election
I think Steve was clueless. I think that his lopsided loss in the general election caught him flatfooted. He surrounded
Mr. Natural wants to know
In response to The Road to Economic Development, Mr. Natural asks Right on about promoting cultural and educational values in