Yesterday I was honored to be interviewed on the radio show PRI’s The World about the San Patricios, appropriately on St. Patrick’s Day. I thought I would share the five-minute interview with those of you that might be interested in hearing it. If you do not know who the San Patricios are, you can read […]
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The Hispanic Cultural Center
Yesterday city council made it official; the city’s cultural center is officially an Hispanic Cultural Center. As you might remember, there has been some controversy on whether the 2012 Quality of Life cultural center was the Hispanic cultural center or the Heritage cultural center. The controversy arose because the ballot labelled the cultural center as […]
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Raise Your Glasses to the Irish Heroes of Mexico
As many of you go out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, do not forget to offer a toast to the Irish heroes of Mexico, who fought and died for their adopted country. In 1846, when the United States invaded Mexico, many immigrants to the United States realized that the war against Mexico was nothing more […]
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The US Legal System Is For Those With Money
As I have written numerous times before, although the US legal system is held up as the system that everyone should aspire to, the fact is that the US criminal system benefits only those who have the money to game the system. The US judiciary is everything but fair. It is a system that benefits […]
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David Almonte; More Hush Money?
As you likely know, on March 5, 2015 I alerted you that rumors were all over the place that David Almonte had left the city. The circumstances of his departure are murky. I have heard many opinions as to why and how he departed the city however; the city has only responded with the standard […]
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The De-Mexicanization of El Paso
As if the Glass Beach study wasn’t enough proof that the current public policy agenda is to erase the Mexican influence over El Paso I offer you another example. A significant part of the raging cultural center debate is about allowing the title to reflect anything having to do with Mexico. This is because it […]
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Bitcoin Mining
Although I am a little late to the Bitcoin mining game, last week I began a mining operation. Although Bitcoins have been around since 2009 and I have a fairly good understanding of concept of the currency I was hesitant to get involved. There were numerous uncertainties about its future and the legality of the […]
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Bob Moore’s Hypocrisy on KVIA Hype
The other day, the El Paso Times masquerading as a newspaper, published an editorial on its Media Buzz blog. Yea, I know who knew the El Paso Times has a blog. In yet another instance of editorial incompetence, Bob Moore, through his newspaper’s blog is crying that KVIA was taking credit for being first about the […]
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Children’s Hospital Settlement Exactly As I Predicted
On March 9, 2015, the El Paso Children’s Hospital and the University Medical Center (UMC) announced that they had reached an agreement about monies owed to UMC. As gleefully as the news media and the local politicians proclaim that this is good for El Paso, it is far from it. Absent in the rounds of […]
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The Cultural Center Debacle and Class Discrimination in El Paso
Unfortunately and to the chagrin of some of my friends, it looks like I was right that although the cultural center should have been a simple case of community inclusion and pride it has turned out to be a divisive debacle, El Paso style. The community discussion of the 2012 Quality of Life Cultural Center […]