You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. A Startlingly Vivid Portrait of El Paso, and of America In “El Paso,” Jazmine Ulloa paints her hometown as a microcosm for all that is good and bad about the United States. Pancho Villa in El Paso in the 1910s.Credit...El Paso Public Library Paul Begala is a political strategist from Missouri City, Texas. He served as counselor to the president in the Clinton White House, and is a political contributor for CNN.