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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 elrichiboy

    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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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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About That Children’s Museum

2017-12-15 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

El Paso Community Foundation President Eric Pearson says the Children’s Museum is going to be an economic driver. From KVIA:

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How Do We Evaluate Our Economic Development Policy?

2017-12-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Short answer: We don’t. I mean, except by the bank accounts of our community’s wealthiest citizens. They’re not going to

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City of Dust: Montoya, New Mexico

2017-12-14 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Almost No Kicks If you drive east of last week’s featured town of Newkirk on old Route 66, at some

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Lucha Libre Last Sunday

2017-12-13 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

The lucha libre season at Arena Kalaka is closing out this Sunday. Arena Kalaka is over there on Melchor Ocampo,

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Big (Hearted) Al

2017-12-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Watch this video on YouTube An El Paso legend passed this week. In the ‘80’s, no matter what kind of

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City of El Paso, Inc.

2017-12-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Politics, Slider 5 comments

Here’s a list of lobbyists registered with the City of El Paso. There are links to their lobbying activity during

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El Paso Then and Now

2017-12-11 elrichiboy ballpark, Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 2 comments

Perhaps they meant well. Maybe they were trying to seize the moment. Maybe they thought that the tide had turned,

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Sunday Matinee: The Knight Templar

2017-12-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment

Here’s a movie for the polyglots out there. Swedish, English, Arabic, and maybe a smattering of some other tongues. It’s

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Sunday Matinee: Puerto Vallarta Squeeze

2017-12-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a thriller that has almost everything we like: Mexico, occasional violence, and a little Vikki Carr. Watch this video

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City of Dust: Newkirk, New Mexico

2017-12-08 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

Getting Less Kicks Newkirk, New Mexico is a bit of an enigma. It doesn’t show up in ghost town guides–probably

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The Crab Bucket Analogy Revisited

2017-12-08 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

See, there were all these crabs in a bucket. And the rich crabs said, “Hey, let’s make a better bucket.

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That Crab Pot Analogy

2017-12-07 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 5 comments

Lately I’ve been hearing that crab pot analogy a lot. Paul Foster mentioned it in his TEDx talk, and Jim

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The Lying Liars at City Hall

2017-12-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 4 comments

Maybe you read this in the El Paso Times: El Paso’s Hispanic, bilingual workforce was a major selling point for

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Se Fueron de Rancho El Paso

2017-12-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

City Government does what the rich folks want, and then tells the rest of us it’s good for us. It’s

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Disneyland, Chuco-style

2017-12-05 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Slider, Trolley One comment

I almost feel sorry for those nice people at the City. They try so hard. But even with the best

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Champions League Today

2017-12-04 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, sports, What to Do Leave a comment

Okay, sports fans, here’s a gift for all of you who are encumbered by day jobs. Champions League is winnowing

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Fake News

2017-12-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

To hear him tell it, he’s a victim. From the El Paso Times story about the money the City has

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What a Bargain!

2017-12-03 elrichiboy City Council, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times about the money the City has spent fighting to put

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Sunday Matinee: Kill Me Again

2017-12-03 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a neo-noir thriller starring Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen, with Val’s wife-at-the-time Joanne Whalley-Kilmer. Watch this video on YouTube

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The New Upscale Coffee Joint on Avenida Juarez

2017-12-01 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

I can’t drink coffee after noon. Well, I can, but then I don’t sleep at night. I’ve got blood like

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”
  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”
  • “Now We Know Their Names”
  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

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