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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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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant 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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  • 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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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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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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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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“You’re Too Stupid to Understand”

2018-05-02 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

From KVIA’s story about the City’s mounting debt: “The city is being very responsible with the way we’re issuing debt,”

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Feeding the Neighbor’s Dog

2018-05-01 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Is city government representing you? Or is it working for the fat cats who have a financial interest in all

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Government Only Grows

2018-05-01 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Taxes One comment

The difference between government and a junkie is that a junkie might quit. Once taxes go up, they are never

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We’re Number One!

2018-04-30 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, School Districts, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

No, not for some made up cost-of-living click bait. For taxes! Property tax rates for industrial properties, to be specific.

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Second Highest Tax Rate In The Nation

2018-04-30 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Taxes 5 comments

According to Lincoln Institute’s 50 State Property Tax Comparison, El Paso has the second highest homestead property tax rate among

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Sunday Matinee: The Naked City

2018-04-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a great movie from 1948. A dress model is murdered in New York City, and Lieutenant Muldoon is on

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Flawed Gods: Myths of Mothers and Other Monsters at the Glassbox

2018-04-28 elrichiboy Art, Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, shows Leave a comment

Austin Savage is kind of a genius. His latest production is a collection of short plays adapted by local writers

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Mayor Still Sitting on Ethics Revisions

2018-04-26 elrichiboy City Council, Ethics, Slider One comment

Remember this story from the March 19 El Paso Inc.? Members of the city’s Ethics Review Commission have been waiting

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Cultivate April 26

2018-04-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

How’s your garden doing? Maybe you need some inspiration. The El Paso Community Foundation will be hosting another Cultivate Forum

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Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone

2018-04-25 elrichiboy History, How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

I found this artefact on the street the other day. You think it’s old? From the Texas State Historical Association

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Richard Thompson at the Plaza Theatre April 26

2018-04-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows, What to Do One comment

Richard Thompson, one of the founding members of the British folk rock band the Fairport Convention, opens for Jason Isbell

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The Big Lie

2018-04-23 elrichiboy Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

The advocates for the City’s Quality of Life projects pretend that we need ballparks and arenas to spur economic development.

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It’s Only (Your) Money

2018-04-23 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Taxes 3 comments

From this weekend’s El Paso Inc.: We hear the deal is done, and there’s an announcement coming soon. What deal?

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Sunday Matinee: I The Jury

2018-04-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This movie already changed your life, whether you know it or not. Here’s Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, who lives in

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Jason Isbell at the Plaza Theatre April 26

2018-04-20 elrichiboy shows, What to Do 3 comments

Country crooner Jason Isbell plays at the Plaza Theatre tonight, April 26. The show starts at 8. With Richard Thompson,

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“Stay Woke, Bitches”

2018-04-19 elrichiboy Technology 2 comments

Here’s AI Obama, cautioning us about believing everything you see, especially on the intertube. Watch this video on YouTube Check

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Google Is Always Listening

2018-04-19 elrichiboy Technology Leave a comment

Before you throw away your computer, watch this video from YouTube. Watch this video on YouTube Google, by the way,

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About Those Quality of Life Projects

2018-04-19 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Advocates of the Quality of Life bonds completely misrepresented the facts before the 2012 elections. They minimized the impact on

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Our Local Education

2018-04-18 elrichiboy Education One comment

In this piece that I picked up from Brutus’ blog, and which appeared here originally, the author says you don’t

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“If Only They Knew The Truth”

2018-04-17 elrichiboy Meta Blog 2 comments

Here’s a good story from DavidK’s Refuse the Juice blog: The El Paso Times is patting itself on the back

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