Dena Richardson of KFOX TV just reported on her Twitter account that Luther Jones and Gilbert Sanchez have been found guilty of all charges and remanded to jail.
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Commentary: Texas Politicos – Stupid is as stupid does
In the immortal words of Forest Gump, two recent politicos from the State of Texas have tried to be too clever in their search for justifying more federal monies for their fiefdoms. Republican US Representative Francisco “Quico” Canseco of San Antonio recently sent a newsletter to his constituency claiming that “car bombs” had recently gone […]
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Commentary: Latest computer breach shows that going “green” requires trust
You log into your bank account or open your latest credit card statement and there it is; an appeal to go “green” by signing up for e-bills. It sounds enticing, no more paper in your mail box, should you take them up on their offer? The Epsilon computer breach a few weeks ago should make […]
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New York Post: The CIA staged a clandestine operation out of El Paso in 2001
The New York Post published an article titled; “The CIA, Siberia and the $5M bar bill” on August 17, 2009 that details a CIA operation to buy Russian helicopters that was launched from El Paso. The author, Sharon Weinnberger, details an escapade right out of a cloak and dagger novel, drunken characters and unprepared operatives. […]
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Citizen Reporters: Activist Journalism
If you’re a news junkie, like us, earlier this year you watched right along with us while history unfolded as the Egyptian revolution captured the world’s attention. The dominant story—how a citizenry came together to overthrow a leader which has now shifted power throughout the Arab world—made headlines across the globe, but beyond the core […]
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Foreign Embassies and Host Country Politics
As the WikiLeaks embassy cable exposé continues to manifest itself, some interesting questions are beginning to arise in terms of how a foreign diplomatic post should function in a host country. Traditionally, diplomatic posts are supposed to be a conduit for governments to communicate between themselves and for its citizens to avail themselves of their […]
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South Beach for Thanksgiving
One of the coolest things about Orlando is its proximity to cities of interest. For Thanksgiving Day, my family and I elected to explore Miami. Because of Miami’s proximity to Orlando and because it is such a large city we decided to focus our initial exploration to two specific points of interest leaving the rest […]
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The Media Owes a Responsibility to Juárez citizens
Note: The following was submitted to the El Paso Times on October 31, 2010 as a response to an opinion article, they chose to not print it. As we all know Cd. Juárez is currently embroiled in a life and death struggle for its very survival. It is because of this that special care should […]
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What can be done about Juarez?
Note: This article originally appeared on El Paso, Inc. publication in the April 25, 2010 edition, page 12A. Juárez and major parts of Mexico are in a crisis, forcing many in our community to ask, what can be done? The answer is simple yet complicated. It is simple because the bilateral actions taken by the […]
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Comments on global warming
The issue of global warming has been bugging me for a while now so I thought I’d post some comments for discussion. There is no doubt that we, as humans, have left our mark on the earth, we are after all the species that has dominated so far. But, I cannot help to think that […]