Economics
The Texas Miracle: We’re Trading Our Last Cup of Water for a ChatGPT Server Farm
It turns out the “Texas Miracle” Governor Abbott keeps preaching about is actually just a high-stakes trade: we give Silicon Valley our remaining groundwater, and…
We’re #1! Texas Leads the Nation in Utility Shutoffs Because Who Needs Electricity in a Desert Anyway?
Crack open a warm, un-refrigerated beer, Lubbock, because Texas has officially taken the crown. According…
Breaking: Lubbock Residents Shocked to Find Out Big Trucks Require Actual Money to Move
In a turn of events that surprised absolutely no one with a basic grasp of…
The Great Texas Thirst: Corpus is Out of Water, and Lubbock is Just One Dust Storm Away from Joining Them
While we’re all busy complaining about the latest pothole on Slide Road, our neighbors down…
Raider Power? More Like Raider-Hush: Texas Tech Rebrands as a Very Expensive Trade School
In a move that surprised absolutely no one who has spent more than five minutes…
Permian Basin ‘Entrepreneurs’ Discover That Stolen Oil Still Comes With Free Federal Room and Board
In a city where the most exciting news is usually a new car wash opening…
George Strait is Coming to Save Our Sinking Economy (And Drink Every Last Coors Light in the County)
Lubbock is currently in the middle of a collective nervous breakdown because King George is…
Ted Cruz Saves West Texas From the Imminent Threat of Having Too Much Nature
Our favorite part-time resident and full-time soundbite machine, Ted Cruz, is back to save us…
Concrete Jungle Dreams: Machine Wins Round One on North Ave K
While most of us were still nursing our third cup of bitter gas station coffee…
Socialism for Me, But Not for Thee: Lubbock Farmers Beg for Cotton Handouts
In a move that will surely surprise absolutely no one who understands how “free markets”…