I read an article on a magazine the other day about the notion that innovators should just do and ask for permission later. I apologize but I don’t remember where I read the article or the title of it so I can’t share it with you. However, the gist of the article was that innovation […]
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Text of the State of the Union 2015
The text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address 2015 as released by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long […]
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An Experiment for Cultivating and Incubating Bloggers
On occasion, I receive requests asking me about setting up a blog for someone or a writer asking if they can contribute to my blog. As some of you know my original intent in setting up the El Paso News blog was to cultivate citizen journalists. Unfortunately, writing reader-engaging content requires time and much effort. […]
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When is a Sexual Predator not a Sexual Predator?
As far as I am concerned, anyone convicted of sexual indecency with a child should forever be known as a sexual offender regardless of whether they have paid their “debt” to society. This issue came up this weekend on a Facebook exchange in a group discussion about Carlos Rosas. I do not know all of […]
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Marco Rubio’s Proudest 2014 Moments
The stupidity of politicians never ceases to amaze me. Case in point is Senator Marco Rubio. Sunday’s edition of the Orlando Sentinel (January 18, 2015) had a section where they summarized what Florida’s congress members said were the most important things they made a difference in for their constituents in 2014. Ever-astute Marco Rubio’s […]
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Introducing a New Feature: Quick Bytes
Many times, there are things I come across that I want to comment on that do not merit a full-length post but nonetheless they require sometime of remark. Rather than leave it without a response because I do not have enough to write about it or do not want to take the time to create […]
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El Paso Is Losing Jobs Resulting in Higher Taxes
From the onset of the ballpark scam I wrote about how faulty the economic basis for the whole fiasco was. Numerous times I have pointed out that El Paso’s economy was on the downturn by the simple fact that the artificial upturn from the building boom of the federal courthouse, Ft. Bliss construction and […]
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Do you really think there is a place for you in the revitalized El Paso?
For many years now, there has been an ongoing battle to reinvent El Paso under the utopian vision of a powerful elite. I have been documenting this and have offered you many examples of the destruction of El Paso’s identity. Sometimes it is important to just focus on the most basic element to make a […]
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The UMC Tax Hike Conspiracy
When the El Paso Children’s Hospital debacle first surfaced, I wrote a blog post letting you know that the end result would be higher taxes for you. Even though I already knew a tax hike was being secretly planned by Veronica Escobar and cohorts the fact is that I did not know the full extent, […]
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International Space Station Evacuation; How News Spreads on the Net
At about 7:00 am Eastern Time the news media began to report about an ammonia leak at the International Space Station necessitating the evacuation of part of the station. I have always been intrigued about how news is disseminated in today’s fast-paced internet-driven news delivery. When I became aware of it through one my RSS […]