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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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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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  • Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

    2026-05-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Stone Age Temple Mystery”

    2026-05-02 elrichiboy
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  • UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

    2026-04-27 Rich Wright

    “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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Socialism for the Rich, Chuco-Style

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

Maybe you’ve been wondering what the taxpayers could do for the Hunts and WestStar Bank to thank them for all

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Finally, A Good News Story About El Paso

2017-09-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Media, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a story in Texas Monthly that paints El Paso as an enlightened community. Fighting the developers. Duranguito and the

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Another Inconvenient Truth

2017-09-20 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Taxes One comment

According the estimates from the United States Census Bureau, El Paso’s Median Household Income declined from $45,069 in 2015, to

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Brand Management Chuco-Style

2017-09-19 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 5 comments

Five years from now, when people hear the name “Margo,” are they going to think of Tom Lea and FEMAP,

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Music Video: Double R x GK Productions

2017-09-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Music, Video Leave a comment

El Paso is home to a rich and diverse community. Here’s a cool rap video celebrating one of our beautiful

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What Could We Do With $180 Million?

2017-09-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 6 comments

If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million we can’t spend on something else. Some people

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Blade Runner 2049 Prequel

2017-09-18 elrichiboy Video, Welcome to Monday Leave a comment

Here’s another prequel for Blade Runner 2049, starring Dave Bautista. Watch this video on YouTube Check it out.

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Sunday Matinee: The Last Witch Hunter

2017-09-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This Vinn Diesel vehicle gets mixed reviews. Roger Ebert gave it three out of four. But don’t let him make

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The Lost World with the Alloy Orchestra

2017-09-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

City of Dust contributor John Mulhouse offers El Chuqueño readers this: I just saw the Alloy Orchestra (featuring Roger Miller

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City of Dust: Fierro, New Mexico

2017-09-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust 3 comments

Iron Town Let’s pay a visit to Fierro, New Mexico, in the southwestern part of the state, a few miles

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Hasta La Vista

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 3 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Times: AT&T is closing its East Side call center by the end of

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The Story That Didn’t Happen

2017-09-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Law Enforcement, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

At three Tuesday afternoon I was home, trying to punch out a story through the fog of the night before.

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“Public Funding for Private Stadiums Is Bad Policy”

2017-09-14 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

An alert reader sent me this article from RealClearSports.com. Economists have been researching public funds and their relationship with economic

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We’re Number 10!

2017-09-13 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Taxes One comment

But we’re moving up! From Governing.com: When citizens think about where local taxpayer money goes, they often assume it pays

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Dear Santa

2017-09-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

From the El Paso Times: “The city of El Paso is complying with the order [suspending demolition in Duranguito] issued

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The Emperor’s New Clothes

2017-09-12 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Inc. ran a guest column this week. This year, TEDx ElPaso’s theme, “Your city, Your design,” is

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How Bad Does Your Life Suck?

2017-09-11 elrichiboy Media, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s El Paso Times entertainment reporter Dave Acosta addressing the ongoing conflict between the Quality of Life projects’ proponents and

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It’s Cheap to Live in El Paso

2017-09-10 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s the kind of news story you usually see blasted from the El Paso Times. This version came to us

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Sunday Matinee Double Feature: La Ley de Herodes and La Dictadura Perfecta

2017-09-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

If you want to understand Mexico, here’s a good place to start. La Ley de Herodes tells the story of

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Does That Tickle?

2017-09-08 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, The Arena 2 comments

That’s the local billionaires sticking their hands in your pockets. They want to make sure they haven’t overlooked any pennies

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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two
  • “Jealous Badge”
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