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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 anonymous

    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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  • 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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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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“Four Dead in 5 Seconds”

2025-04-19 elrichiboy History, Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-04-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, TxDOT One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 Novemeber, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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Community Forum with EPISD D1 Candidates

2025-04-15 Xavier Miranda Politics, Education, Slider Leave a comment

From Xavier Miranda Please consider attending this community forum.  Our public schools face daunting challenges coming from the federal and

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“Tight Spot”

2025-04-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Amazing Quest: Stories from New Mexico”

2025-04-12 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Dolores Huerta: Still Inspiring the Fight for a New Society

2025-04-09 Kent Paterson New Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Sporting a black beret that nicely complemented her attire, Dolores Huerta looked ready for battle. The life-long

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Transparency, Chuco-style

2025-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dionne Mack, Slider Leave a comment

Can you believe that 6 of our 8 City Representatives voted against citizen oversight of bond expenditures? From Adam Powell

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“Bad for Each Other”

2025-04-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Battle for Tibet”

2025-04-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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A’s hire A’s

2025-03-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

B’s appoint C’s as cabinet members.

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Victor Mature & Anita Ekberg in “Pickup Alley”

2025-03-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Unacknowledged”

2025-03-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Edward G. Robinson & Burt Lancaster in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”

2025-03-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Real Donnie Brasco”

2025-03-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3

2025-03-10 Bob Chessey Uncategorized, History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

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Fritz Lang’s “Human Desire”

2025-03-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Minimalism”

2025-03-08 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

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