Garbage Revisited
Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services?
The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park
The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected
El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap
An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly
Sunwest Seafood Sales
Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,
Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe
This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include
Who Killed El Paso?
El Paso’s population growth used to be robust. Right up till 2012. From 2010 to 2012, the population of the
La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La
Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?
By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back
Beasts of Burden
by Rich Wright He wears a pistol on his ankle and carries a condom in his billfold. He never uses
The Great Trumpini
From a July 12, 2025 article at APNews.com: President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and
July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights
Dystopia, USA
Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s
Immigration and Detention Witness
by Xavier Miranda I spent the morning of Friday, June 20, at the U. S. Courthouse in downtown El Paso,
