by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 27, 2026 | Brown Eyes, Clear Truth
Republicans don’t oppose immigration enforcement. They oppose amateur hour. That’s why Kristi Noem is in trouble today — not because Democrats are yelling, but because Republicans who actually care about law enforcement, gun rights, and winning elections are quietly...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 24, 2026 | Journal
I didn’t put the story on A-2 of the local paper I worked at by accident. It was a Canadian soldier, killed in Afghanistan. A young man. I put it where readers would see it — because Canadians are our neighbors for half the year. When the snowbirds are in town, they...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 14, 2026 | Energy
Yesterday, I wrote about the oil glut—too much crude sloshing around the world, prices easing, and gas at the pump finally calming down. That’s the national picture. This is the local one, and it looks different depending on your ZIP code. In the Permian Basin, the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 13, 2026 | Energy
The Energy Information Administration—those famously unexcitable federal bean-counters—has wandered into the room with a wet blanket and a calculator, and the news is not what the oil bulls or the “drill, baby, drill” crowd want to hear. According to the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jan 13, 2026 | Energy
There was a moment in the White House this week that told you everything you need to know about Washington fantasy versus oil-patch reality. Donald Trump, freshly confident about Venezuela, sat across from the men who actually write the checks — and they gave him the...
