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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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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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“City Heat”

2025-01-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Phenomenon”

2025-01-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2025-01-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Opportunity Costs, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

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Saucedo’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Children’s Hospital Dismissed

2025-01-13 Rich Wright El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

From this week’s El Paso Inc.*: A district judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against El Paso Children’s

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“The Inner Circle”

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“Mesopotamia – The Sumerians”

2025-01-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The Looming Immigration Policy

2025-01-10 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Slider One comment

by Xavier Miranda As we approach a second Trump presidential term, it is vital we educate ourselves on looming immigration

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The Most Bilingual City in America

2025-01-06 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more

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“Strange Illusion”

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“Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History”

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The Water Crisis in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa One Year Later, Part One: Residents Seek Stricter Federal Oversight of Water Utility

2025-01-03 Kent Paterson The Environment, CRRUA, New Mexico, Slider, Sunland Park, Water Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Lawyers for residents of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa have requested stepped up oversight of a publicly-owned

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The Last Corrida

2025-01-03 James Sawtelle Juarez, History One comment

By James Sawtelle That Sunday afternoon I had time to cut loose and go with Richard Grenier (my high school

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Humphrey Bogart in”Knock on Any Door”

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“To Catch a Genius”

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“Finger Man”

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A Letter From David Saucedo

2024-12-19 David Saucedo El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

Friends, On December 9, my legal team filed a brief in response to the El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) motion

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The Obscene Entitlement of Cassandra Hernandez

2024-12-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Slider 3 comments

You’ve read the news. From ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’s husband was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault

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Bernie Sanders on the Military Budget

2024-12-16 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From TheGuardian.com: Today in the United States, 60% of our people live paycheck to paycheck, 85 million people are uninsured

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“Sun Tzu – The Art of War”

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In Unprecedented Event, Juárez’s City Government Honors Dirty War Relatives and Survivors

2024-12-14 Kent Paterson Juarez, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson Standing at the entrance to Ciudad Juárez’s old city hall, Judith Galarza recalled the days of yore

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