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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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“Jealous Badge”

2026-05-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

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Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

2026-05-13 Kent Paterson Juarez, Crime, Slider 3 comments

By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New

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“Cry Vegeance”

2026-05-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

2026-05-08 elrichiboy El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment
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Our Surveillance State

2026-05-05 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Slider, Surveillance Leave a comment

From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the

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Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

2026-05-03 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Stone Age Temple Mystery”

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UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

2026-04-27 Rich Wright UTEP, Slider, sports Leave a comment

“Hookers and a Camaro aren’t going to cut it anymore.” — My friend Mora I think UTEP should be a

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“Surprise Witness”

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“Four Dead in Five Seconds”

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The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

2026-04-23 Bob Chessey Law Enforcement, Drugs, History, Slider Leave a comment

Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support

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Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

2026-04-22 Rich Wright Cost of Living, El Paso, Slider One comment

You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live.

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We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

2026-04-21 Kent Paterson New Mexico, Slider, The Environment 2 comments

Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is

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Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

2026-04-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

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“Now We Know Their Names”

2026-04-17 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, El Paso, Slider, Video Leave a comment
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Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

2026-04-16 Kent Paterson CRRUA, Data Centers, Project Jupiter, Slider, Sunland Park, Water One comment

By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting

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Paul and Julie Ten Years After

2026-04-13 Rich Wright Juarez Walking Tour, Juarez, Slider 3 comments

On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like

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“The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

2026-04-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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