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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

    2025-12-13 elrichiboy
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“The Undercover Man”

2025-02-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom”

2025-02-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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We Need a New Political Party

2025-02-19 Rich Wright Politics, Slider 5 comments

President Obama bailed out the banks. President Cheney started a war that netted his company billions in no-bid contracts. Both

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“Vicki”

2025-02-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas”

2025-02-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Border Theater

2025-02-10 Rich Wright International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the

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“Forbidden”

2025-02-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide

2025-02-07 Kent Paterson Mexico, Slider, The Environment 4 comments

By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted

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Otero County Deputy Charged With Murder

2025-02-04 Rich Wright El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a horrific story about a trigger happy deputy unloading a whole clip into a teenager who dropped an airsoft

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“Alimony”

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“The Atlantis Puzzle”

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Shenanigans in Canuto?

2025-01-27 elrichiboy Canutillo ISD, Slider Leave a comment

Here are the contents of an email I received on January 15: Respected Media Members, Below is a timeline recently

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Is the Deck Park Dead, or Just Resting?

2025-01-27 Rich Wright Deck Park 4 comments

From Diego Mendoza-Moyers at ElPasoMatters.com: The effort to build a deck park suspended over Interstate 10 in Downtown El Paso

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“The Big Combo”

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“The Seven Five”

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Know Your Rights

2025-01-24 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

by Xavier Miranda (Sigue en español)   In light of Trump’s mass deportations, it is important to educate ourselves and our

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We’re No. 1!

2025-01-23 Rich Wright ballpark, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From El Paso’s English language almost daily: While El Paso has lots to be proud of — endless hiking in

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“City Heat”

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“The Phenomenon”

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Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2025-01-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Opportunity Costs, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

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