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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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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 40 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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Allocating Scarce Resources

2017-12-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider One comment

Income is finite. That’s a hard concept to get your mind around, because income, in aggregate, is so large, and

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Sunday Matinee: The Killers 1946

2017-12-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Yesterday we watched the 1964 remake of this movie, starring Lee Marvin and a 33-year-old Angie Dickinson. Today we’re showing

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Saturday Matinee: The Killers, 1964

2017-12-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Judging just by the credits, this might be the best movie ever. It stars Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, and John

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Affordable Housing

2017-12-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Cost of Living, Economic Development 7 comments

Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak alerted me to this list from Canadian data muncher Point2Homes that ranks housing affordability in

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Rent Seeking

2017-12-16 elrichiboy ballpark, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

From Investopedia.com: What is ‘Rent-Seeking’ Rent-seeking is the use of the resources of a company, an organization or an individual

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Retrovision: Commercial Property Tax Valuations Down

2017-12-15 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes Leave a comment

[Our shrinking tax base isn’t a new thing. This article originally appeared on August 5, 2014. Since then, our city

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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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  • John G. Dungan on “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?
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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”
  • La Cucaracha

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