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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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Gallium in Round Top Mountain

2025-05-25 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of

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“Black Tuesday”

2025-05-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Inside Chicago’s Infamous Gang Underworld”

2025-05-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads

2025-05-17 Kent Paterson New Mexico, CRRUA, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water One comment

by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental

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“Dopemen: America’s First Drug Cartel”

2025-05-17 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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The Apartment

2025-05-14 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider 4 comments

by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his

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Blow, Wind, Blow

2025-05-13 Rich Wright Everybody talks about the weather, Slider 2 comments

From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said

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“Yes, Your Arrogancy”

2025-05-12 elrichiboy Art Fierro, Arrogance, City Council, Slider Leave a comment

From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a

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Lady Liberty

2025-05-11 Kent Paterson Politics, Slider Leave a comment
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“The Wayward Bus”

2025-05-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Organic Gold Hunters of the Himlayas”

2025-05-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“The Thief”

2025-05-04 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“5 Against the House”

2025-04-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Why So Many Ancient Civilizations Collapsed at the Same Time”

2025-04-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The New Soccer Stadium

2025-04-26 Rich Wright MountainStar Sports Group, Slider One comment

From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de

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“Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”

2025-04-24 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar

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A Border Story You Might Have Missed

2025-04-23 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson If you rely on El Paso online media for your news, you might have missed one of

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About the Deck Park

2025-04-23 Rich Wright Slider, Deck Park, Renard Johnson, TxDOT 5 comments

by Rich Wright You may have noticed that the deck park is still in play, even after funding sources have

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Elephant March

2025-04-22 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright When I was six, my father took me to the circus. My father drank a lot, and

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Sphere and Shakedown in Las Vegas: 60 Years Later the Grateful Dead Family Keeps Truckin’ On

2025-04-21 Kent Paterson Culture, Music, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson For the second year in a row, the Good Ship Terrapin Station has landed in Las Vegas,

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