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  • Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

    2026-08-26 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel is Elvis and Prince and

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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • Instrumenta antiqua stultis antiquis.

    2026-08-27 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Here is a little game you can play with your coworkers: try to find a document at your work that is written

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  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26

    2026-08-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI data center under construction in

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants 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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“Writing Doom” – Award-Winning Short Film on Superintelligence

2026-03-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2026-03-08 Rich Wright Corruption, El Paso Police Department, Slider Leave a comment

Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the

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Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

2026-03-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

2026-03-07 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched

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The Biggest Campaign of the Season

2026-03-02 Rich Wright Politics, Slider, UTEP 2 comments

The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the

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“The Black Arrow”

2026-03-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Economic Undevelopment

2026-02-25 Rich Wright Economic Development, El Paso, Slider One comment

According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

2026-02-23 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22,

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Kirk Douglas in Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole”

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“Where Texas Begins”

2026-02-21 Rich Wright Visit El Paso, Slider, Travel Leave a comment

The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where

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Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

2026-02-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“You’re Fired!”

2026-02-14 Rich Wright Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again,

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“YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

2026-02-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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“Love in a Man’s World”

2026-02-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

2026-02-07 Kent Paterson Mexico, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That

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MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez History, International Relations, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of

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Frank Capra’s “American Madness”

2026-02-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“Complete History of Cocaine: The Power That Corrupted Dynasties and more”

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Gone Fishing

2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E. Cafe Cotera la Magazin Fronteriza, Essays, Slider One comment

by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed

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The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

2026-01-27 Rich Wright Courts, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court

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