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  • Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

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  • “Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

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  • “EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

    2025-10-23 Bob Chessey

    by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,” the municipality boasted the slogan,

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  • Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

    2025-10-20 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s this brain drain argument that’s

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  • “The Other Woman”

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  • “The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

    2025-10-18 elrichiboy

    Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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  • Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-10-17 Rich Wright

    Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing organizations. In response to the

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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

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Quincy Jones – “Soul Bossa Nova”

2024-11-04 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

With choreography by Bob Fosse.

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El Paso Community Gets a Boost for Environmental Health and Justice

2024-11-03 Kent Paterson Public Health, Slider, The Environment 3 comments

By Kent PatersonPhotos by Kent Paterson For years, residents of El Paso’s south-central Chamizal area have waged battles against pollution

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“Chicago Confidential”

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“Surviving in India’s Manufacturing Slums”

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“THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s  office for sale?”

2024-11-02 Rich Wright Politics, Renard Johnson, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside,

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Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday

2024-10-31 Rich Wright Culture, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be

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Cast Your Vote in a Different but Crucial “Election”

2024-10-21 Kent Paterson Bridge of the Americas, Slider, The Environment, Veronica Escobar 5 comments

By Kent Paterson Everyone’s eyes are on November 5. Still, democracy is far more than just casting votes for the

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The Bullfights Are Back!

2024-10-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider One comment

I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on

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New Mexico Chile: Notes on a Conquered and Downsized Empire

2024-10-14 Kent Paterson Culture, New Mexico, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson In the farmlands that sketch green the Mesilla Valley between Las Cruces and El Paso, the writer

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“Key Witness”

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“13 West Street”

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“Camp Hollywood: Wannabe Stars in a No-Star Hotel”

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It’s Better to Hire a Legislator Than a Lobbyist

2024-10-02 Rich Wright Deck Park, El Paso Delegation, Ethics, Joe Moody, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 2 comments

For the person doing the hiring. Not for the legislator’s constituents. District 78 State Representative Joe Moody’s day job is

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City Elections Candidate Forum

2024-10-01 Rich Wright City Council, Elections, Gassandrgate, Slider 2 comments

El Pasoans will select six City Council Representatives and a Mayor in the General Election taking place on November 5.

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The Storms and Spirits of Mexican September

2024-09-30 Kent Paterson History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson In Mexico, September boasts many historic dates with reverberations that continue shaping the nation today. Besides the

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“So Dark the Night”

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“Coca Cola’s Recycling Scandal”

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“Why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer | Us & Them”

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“He sued [El Paso] police for an illegal arrest – then they came after him”

2024-09-18 elrichiboy City Management, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment
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Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in “Café of the Seven Sinners”

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