by Isaac Cubillos | May 15, 2026 | Data Centers
One day folks in Texas woke up and discovered that every pasture between Waco and the Hill Country was apparently being eyed for a data center. The reaction has been about what you’d expect. People started hollering about water. About power. About noise. About...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 13, 2026 | Energy
Gas prices are like rattlesnakes in the Southwest. You usually hear them before they bite you. Oil crossed back above $100 a barrel this week, and while Wall Street traders may shrug and CNBC talking heads may holler about “market stabilization,” regular Americans are...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 12, 2026 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
It Built a Society Where Forming One Became Harder Somewhere along the line, America turned having children into the economic equivalent of buying a bass boat during a recession. Everybody still likes the idea of it. Half the country dreams about it. But when you sit...
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 21, 2026 | Journal
Every now and then, a small town does something that makes you stop mid-sip of your coffee and say, “Well now… that’s interesting.” Over in Stuart, Fla., they’ve decided to cancel their Memorial Day parade after 20 years. Not because of money. Not because of weather....
by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 20, 2026 | Journal
Marvin Gaye asked “What’s going on?” in 1971. Decades later, the question still fits—and that may be the real problem. There are songs you remember, and then there are songs that come back around and sound like they were written yesterday. What’s Going On is one...
