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

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

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

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

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

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

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

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

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2

2025-03-07 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 1

2025-03-06 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,

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“The Raging Tide”

2025-03-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Narcosis: How Cartels Actually Operate in America”

2025-03-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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John Stewart on Doge

2025-02-25 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment
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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”

2025-02-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Atlantis Puzzle”

2025-02-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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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”

2025-01-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Seven Five”

2025-01-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

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