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  • Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

    2026-08-26 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel is Elvis and Prince and

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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • Instrumenta antiqua stultis antiquis.

    2026-08-27 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Here is a little game you can play with your coworkers: try to find a document at your work that is written

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  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26

    2026-08-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI data center under construction in

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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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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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants 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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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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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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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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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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  • John G. Dungan on The Restorative Power of Restaurants
  • Tim Holt on “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”
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  • Tim Holt on NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”
  • Tim Holt on The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

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