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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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Salud!

2017-07-13 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

I’m standing at the bar in a 97-year-old cantina in Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico. The whole bar is about fifteen feet

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TopGolf Will Save Us

2017-07-12 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

I’ve got a math problem for you. Don’t worry, we’re not giving grades, and we’re not asking for real numbers

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Read My Lips

2017-07-11 elrichiboy City Council, Quality of Life Projects 3 comments

Did you vote for Dee Margo because he promised to “hold the line on taxes”? Psych! KVIA reports that our

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What’s Your Speed?

2017-07-10 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

Watch this video on YouTube I drove from El Paso down to Port Aransas in south Texas for some business

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Three Years and Fifty Weeks To Go

2017-07-10 elrichiboy City Council, Politics 7 comments

You’ve probably heard that El Paso’s latest mayor doesn’t want to hear from the proles. Via the El Paso Times:

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Duh.

2017-07-09 elrichiboy National Policy, Slider, World News 3 comments

Here’s the latest awareness from Homeland Security, via KVIA: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Friday that he told

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City of Dust: Pep, New Mexico

2017-07-08 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

A Lively and Energetic Place The first thing that strikes one about Pep, at least before visiting, is its name.

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Mexico’s Low Cost Airline

2017-07-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, World 2 comments

Lookie here. According to their website, a one-way ticket from Ciudad Juarez to Leon, Guanajuato, non-stop, booked more than a

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Eat At Monarch

2017-07-07 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Monarch has a food truck. Sorta. It would be a trailer if it had wheels. And if Clint had a

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Greetings From Guanajuato

2017-07-07 elrichiboy World One comment

Here I am in Guanajuato, the capital of the state of Guanajuato. Guanajuato is about in the middle of Mexico,

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The Landlord Class

2017-07-05 elrichiboy Economic Development One comment

Lookie here. We’ve got a problem. Say you want to open a business in El Paso. Maybe it’s a bar,

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Home Appraisals Steady, Apartment Appraisals Up

2017-07-03 elrichiboy Economic Development 6 comments

Here’s a story from the June 25 issue of the El Paso Inc.: Preliminary valuations of single-family homes by the

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Monday Funday

2017-07-03 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do 3 comments

Personally I have a hard time telling the days apart. They’re all work days. So I don’t dread Mondays. I

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Orale, Changos! I’ll Put a Worm In Your Ear

2017-07-03 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

I got so wrapped up in Mary’s mowing skills that I forgot some really big news, but first, last night

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City of Dust: Ancho, New Mexico

2017-06-29 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

Hitting the Bricks Lincoln County, New Mexico is Billy the Kid country. The Kid gained his reputation in the Lincoln

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Was That the Sound of Distant Thunder?

2017-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Some of my readers seem to think that the arena is a done deal, like an avalanche or a tsunami

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El Paso’s Finest

2017-06-28 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Slider 8 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times this past weekend? On June 23, 2015, Maria Ramirez called

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They Don’t Know How to Politick

2017-06-28 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Economic Development, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

Remember Lance Armstrong? He was the greatest bicycle racer that ever lived until they started testing his old blood samples.

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Number 3 On Another List

2017-06-26 elrichiboy It's All Good, Quality of Life Projects, Slider One comment

Here’s some disconcerting news. El Paso has the third highest rate of HIV infection among men who have sex with

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How Did We Get Here?

2017-06-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

I reckon the City figgered that no one would stand up to them. That no one had the resources to

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