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  • “The Book of Enoch – What the Church Tried to Hide”

    2025-08-09 elrichiboy
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  • The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

    2025-08-08 Rich Wright

    Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If you ask most Juarenses, “the

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  • What Redistricting Means to El Paso

    2025-08-07 Rich Wright

    From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map. . . . Republicans’ proposed

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  • “Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

    2025-08-06 elrichiboy
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  • Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

    2025-08-04 Rich Wright

    Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as a $400 million deck park.

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  • “Trapped”

    2025-08-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

    2025-08-02 elrichiboy
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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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  • Garbage Revisited

    2025-07-29 Rich Wright

    Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services? The ESD is one of

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  • The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

    2025-07-28 Rich Wright

    The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected to cost $207 million, just

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  • El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

    2025-07-24 Rich Wright

    An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly recognized El Paso Matters with

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  • Sunwest Seafood Sales

    2025-07-23 elrichiboy

    Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well, me and the missus can,

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Sentinel Tower Update

2024-04-06 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider, Surveillance, Uncategorized 5 comments

They’re bringing it. Pretty soon you’ll be able to see it from El Paso. It’s the Torre Sentinela. You remember:

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In Other News

2024-03-31 Rich Wright News, Slider 3 comments

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, El Paso County’s population grew from

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Yul Brynner in “Port of New York”

2024-03-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Gregory Peck in “I Walk the Line”

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“Ma Barker and Her Crime Family”

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“I Love Trouble”

2024-03-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Ninja: The Real Shadow Warriors Of Medieval Japan”

2024-03-16 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Why We Can’t Build an Arena in the Rail Yard by City Hall

2024-03-12 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Liar Liar, Slider, The Arena One comment

Seems like the perfect location, right? Big. Mostly vacant. Downtown. But Union Pacific won’t deal with the City. Why not?

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Joe T. Hodo – “Padre Solalinde / Las Patronas”

2024-03-11 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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“Key Witness”

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“The Celts: The Mysterious Dark Age Masters Of Europe”

2024-03-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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About the New Venue

2024-03-08 Rich Wright ballpark, City Council, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Y’all ain’t playin’ the long game. Some people (you know who you are) want to derail the proposed hybrid, inside-outside

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“Joe T. Hodo con rezos enlatados”

2024-03-04 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video One comment
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Mexico’s Mega Elections: The Time of Women

2024-03-04 Kent Paterson Mexico, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Amid bots, bombast and border bullying, Mexico’s general election campaign kicked off March 1. An estimated 98.9

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A Message From the Border

2024-03-03 Rich Wright Immigration, Mexico, Migration, Slider 2 comments

Check out this letter that appeared in the New York Times print edition, and on NYTImes.com: To the Editor: Re

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Humphrey Bogart in “In a Lonely Place”

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Historical Spanish

2024-03-03 Rich Wright Uncategorized Leave a comment

From NYTimes.com: In most of the Spanish-speaking world, the principal ways to say “you” are the casual “tú,” and the

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“The Spy Who Saved D-Day”

2024-03-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Business as Usual

2024-02-29 Rich Wright El Paso County, Law Enforcement, Sheriff, Slider 3 comments

This story by Elida Perez on ElPasoMatters.com reveals that 4 of the 5 candidates for the Democrat nomination for Sheriff

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A Homegrown City Manager?

2024-02-27 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Oscar Leeser, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.

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