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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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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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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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Mow Glee

2017-06-23 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

Mary got me this speaker cabinet and IT IS AWESOME! And it arrived just in time to start posting music

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“What Happened to Texas Music?”

2017-06-23 elrichiboy Art, Music Leave a comment

I saw it happening but I didn’t know what it was. From Fort Worth Weekly: A New York guy killed

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Mexico’s Pot Initiative

2017-06-23 elrichiboy Mexico, World News Leave a comment

Did you read that Mexico has made medical marijuana legal? Here it is in the Washington Post: Mexican President Enrique

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Putin Explains El Paso

2017-06-23 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Oliver Stone interviewed Vladimir Putin. Here’s a takeaway from Vox.com: Should Sanders become president, Putin says, he would suddenly realize

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“CITY PREPARING FOR MASS DEMOLITION OF DURANGUITO” – Max Grossman

2017-06-22 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena Leave a comment

Dear Friends, I have attached three photos of the Flor de Luna building, the first from now and the other

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“It’s You, Only Faster”

2017-06-21 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do One comment

Riding bikes is fun. The wind’s in your hair, and you’re right out there in the environment. Not like in

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What the Employment Numbers Mean

2017-06-19 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

I’ve been sussing out the employment situation here in El Paso over the last some years, and here’s what I’ve

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Welcome to Monday

2017-06-19 elrichiboy Welcome to Monday One comment

I’m just going to leave this here: Have a nice week.

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Sunday Matinee: In Pursuit of Honor

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This made-for-teevee Western stars Don Johnson with a little bit of Rod Steiger thrown in for good measure. It’s nice,

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Gabriel Solis on Father’s Day

2017-06-18 elrichiboy Navel Gazing Leave a comment

From Vice.com: This weekend, I plan on bringing my father’s grave an ofrenda: a bundle of flowers, a lime-and-salt rimmed

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