The Road to Economic Development
As an El Pasoan, I appreciate the civic improvements that City Hall is foisting on us. (Can I even call
More on It’s All Good
Here’s what the Urban Dictionary has to say about It’s All Good: Platitude that covers so many emotions and situations
El Paso. It’s all good.
I know it’s impolite (maybe even unpatriotic to the point of treason) to be critical of the current regime in
Inmates run Maryland prison
Just like in The Wire, maybe, Season Six. The indictment described a jailhouse seemingly out of control. Four corrections officers
Know the Lowrider
“We spend more on our cars than we do on our houses,” Larry added. Larry is a member of Our
Mercado Cerrajeros in Juarez, the durable consumer good graveyard.
It’s off of Libertad, in La Chaveña. ” like an elephant graveyard for consumer goods.” (read more at What’s Up.)
It’s extremely insensitive to steal the guy’s wheels when he’s dead under the truck.
“Some time during the night, an unknown person reportedly removed Goodyear Wrangler tires, two Ford factory aluminum wheels and the
I say handball, you say rebote
In English we call it handball. In Spanish it’s rebote a mano con pelota dura, or rebote for short. They
Buses to bars
Despite El Pasoans’ reluctance to take, or even talk about, the bus, Sun Metro seems complicit in a plot to
El Paso’s Secret City Government Secret Emails
What is the City hiding in their personal emails? A walking quorum? A narco-nexus? Jimmy Hoffa? Secret payoffs to the
Were you violent? Here’s why.
There is a significant correlation between the use of leaded gasoline and incidences of violent crime. [L]ead emissions from automobiles
Are you fat? Here’s why.
I heard this a year ago as we were slipping through the dappled shadows on Gavilan Canyon Road, listening to
The Kentucky Club
The Kentucky Club, just over the Santa Fe Street pedestrian bridge in Downtown El Paso, is easily El Paso’s most
Trust the Church
The Catholic Church, god bless them, are the official arbiters of morality, as far as they’re concerned. So it’s a
Drug War Mexico and the Narcoeconomy
A friend of mine who might know (and therefore should remain anonymous) says that the government in Mexico runs the
Camping at Franklin Mountains State Park
The Franklin Mountain State Park is reportedly the largest urban wilderness park in the continental United States. There’s no word
El Paso’s Bleak Future: A Contrarian View
If we want to attract businesses to El Paso, we have our work cut out for us. According to an
Killer DIY Drone
This should scare you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Jplh7uatr-E
Can Juarez survive its extreme makeover?
Calle de la Paz is seven blocks long, two blocks south of Dieciseis de Septiembre in downtown Juarez. It’s western
Breaking the Taboo
Here’s a good video about drug prohibition, narrated by Morgan Freeman.