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  • UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

    2026-04-27 elrichiboy

    “Hookers and a Camaro aren’t going to cut it anymore.” — My friend Mora I think UTEP should be a big party school, because it’s

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  • “Surprise Witness”

    2026-04-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”

    2026-04-25 elrichiboy
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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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Isn’t That Special

2018-01-08 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Today there’s a special meeting of City Council. I was hoping to attend, but life had other plans for me.

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Sunday Matinee: The Butcher

2018-01-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Have you had your dose of over-the-top violence today? Here’s an Eric Roberts movie about a ex-boxer who has fallen

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Ballpark Numbers Updated

2018-01-05 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 4 comments

An alert reader sent me this spreadsheet which shows the actual numbers for the ballpark. Four years in and we’re

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Ballpark Numbers

2018-01-05 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

Are you troubled by insomnia? Then I’ve got some ballpark numbers that should put you right to sleep. Because there

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City of Dust: Kingston, New Mexico

2018-01-05 John Mulhouse City of Dust 5 comments

The Way Things Weren’t Kingston, New Mexico isn’t a ghost town. But it’s also not the place of which it

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Will Tourism Save Us?

2018-01-04 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects One comment

Besides call centers, the City of El Paso’s economic development policy seems to be solely focused on tourism as a

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Sunday Matinee: Hammerhead (1968)

2017-12-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Remember 1968? Yeah, me neither. But I hear it was groovy. And here’s proof. Watch this video on YouTube Here’s

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Sunday Matinee: Game of Aces

2017-12-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a World War I movie about pilots and traitors. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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A Second Bite at the Apple

2017-12-28 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

The city budget is fat. Obviously they have extra money. Lookie here. From the El Paso Times: The city will

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The Last Days of Jason Rabedeaux from ESPN

2017-12-28 elrichiboy Media, Slider, sports, World News 4 comments

Here’s a story about former UTEP basketball coach Jason Rabedeaux’s career and final days coaching the Saigon Heat. JASON RABEDEAUX

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Sunday Matinee: The Numbers Station

2017-12-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment

John Cusack leads this one, as a CIA assassin assigned to watch over a secret broadcasting station and the girl

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Rellenos

2017-12-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Despite Mexico’s reputation as a culinary destination, downtown Juarez lacks an abundance of great street food. Mostly the street food

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PSY’s DADDY: Your New Favorite Song

2017-12-21 elrichiboy Music, Video 2 comments

PSY’s Gangnum Style is the most watched video of all time with over three billion views. Here’s his latest offering:

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City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico

2017-12-21 John Mulhouse City of Dust 39 comments

Peace in the Valley Okay, it’s true that Monticello, New Mexico isn’t a full-on ghost town. Some folks do indeed

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Retrovision: Go Local: Holiday Edition

2017-12-20 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

[This post originally appeared on 22 December 2015, but it’s still got legs.] Somehow the holidays always sneak up on

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Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown: Frankie and Johnny

2017-12-20 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Listen to Roy Clark and Gatemouth Brown trade licks on this rendition of a classic song of questionable parentage. Watch

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More Lies From Those Lying Liars

2017-12-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Another City Council meeting, another cubic yard of manure. From our English language daily: The city will issue an extra

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The Conspiracy

2017-12-19 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Politics, Slider 4 comments

Did y’all read that letter from former District 2 Representative Jim Tolbert? Of course you did. It’s been on a

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Indy Shorts: The Poacher

2017-12-19 elrichiboy Shorts, Video One comment

Because I know you’re busy, here’s an seven and a half minute short movie about what it might be like

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Retrovision: The City’s War on Small Business

2017-12-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Retrovision, Taxes Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on December 7, 2016. God bless those nice people in city government. They are completely clueless.

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