Author’s note: This is part 1 of 3 The United States will go to war for oil rang the headlines across México and much of the world throughout the late 1970’s and […]
Good Neighbor Policy
El Paso Politics
It seems that some readers of the blog are wondering if I am going to go back to writing about El Paso politics. My interest has always been about border politics, of […]
Why the Global Economy is Important
I have posted many blog posts about how El Paso’s economy is a failed economy that relies on taxes to keep the city solvent. The city’s economy basically recycles the same money […]
The Ticking-Bomb on the Southern Border
Those who observe Mexico and Mexican politics normally comment about the inherent nationalism that Mexicans tend towards. Sovereignty is on the lips of the Mexican politicians because the Mexican people have an […]
Carlos Slim: Patrones & Peones
Carlos Slim Helú, one of the top ten richest men in the world met with Donald Trump last Saturday. Although we do not know the details of the meeting, we know that […]
Dispelling Some Myths: Immigrants, Agriculture and State Industries
Today, I would like to start laying out my immigration study for you. As you might remember from yesterday’s post, I have been organizing a data set of quality of life metrics so […]
Know My Place
I have written before and told my friends that I have never felt discriminated against because of the color of my skin or my nationality. That is not to say that I […]
Mexico’s Diversified Economy
For some years now I have been reading and hearing commentary about how NAFTA has been bad for Mexico and the United States. This notion comes from citizens of both countries, with […]
The Fallacy of Bringing Jobs Back to America
Every election, whether national or regional, there are numerous politicians that promise to either bring back jobs to the US, raise the minimum wage or both. This election cycle is no different […]
Mexican Oil and NAFTA
I like metrics and have been compiling metrics for different things since I was child. One of my favorite metrics, that started out as a hand drawn graph that I converted into […]
Brexit Vote Today and a Trump Administration
As many of you likely know, today voters in Great Britain are voting on a referendum that will decide whether Great Britain leaves the European Union (EU). Actually, since England is five […]
Counterpoint – The Other Side of Immigration: Inconvenient Truths
(Counterpoint: The following is a guest editorial submitted by Barbara Carrasco. Occasionally, I will publish counterpoints submitted by readers to my blog. To be considered for a counterpoint, please send me your […]
The Politics of The Border 
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