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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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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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Look At This Bitchin’ T-Shirt

2017-05-17 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

And you can get one. Half the money goes to local human rights groups. But that’s a bonus. Mostly it’s

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Is the Truth Too Much to Ask For?

2017-05-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, The Arena 2 comments

Our local government was way ahead of Mr. Trump. They were lying before he even started his campaign. Somehow our

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RIP, Javier Valdez Cárdenas

2017-05-16 elrichiboy Media, Mexico 2 comments

We’ve got it pretty good here. The water runs when I turn the faucet. When I’m hungry, I eat. The

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Bikini Football in Juarez

2017-05-16 elrichiboy Juarez, sports, What to Do One comment

On Saturday, May 20, the Rebeldes of Ciudad Juarez host the Troyanas of Ciudad Chihuahua, in the fifth game of

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We’re Number 1, Again!

2017-05-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Juarez, Law Enforcement, Media, Slider One comment

This story in El Diario about a book called Los Narcos Gringos makes an interesting assertion: “El Paso, como muchas

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City of Dust: Lake Valley, New Mexico

2017-05-15 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

The Bridal Chamber Let’s check out Lake Valley, site of the famous Bridal Chamber Mine. Lake Valley lies in the

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The Many Faces of El Chuco

2017-05-15 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Last week I ran an old post about how El Paso is an elephant. About how it looks different to

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Sunday Matinee: The Challenger

2017-05-14 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a boxing movie. It’s pretty good. Check it out.

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Chicano Music Verse 2: Freddy Fender

2017-05-13 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s the second part of the Chicano music story, featuring Freddy Fender. Check it out. Image by Gene Pugh (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gtpugh/5022122488/)

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Bug Juice

2017-05-12 elrichiboy Art, What to Do 2 comments

A new exhibit opens at the El Paso Museum of Art today. Titled The Red That Colored the World, the

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Aye Nako at Monarch Tonight (like right now)

2017-05-12 Fletcher Wright Music, shows, What to Do One comment

There’s another free show going down at your neighborhood watering hole, Monarch, this Saturday the 13th. The ever-eclectic Denim Vest

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What to Do Tonight

2017-05-12 elrichiboy Music, What to Do One comment

I’ve never seen this band. I’ve never been to this bar. But it looks cool. Mama Crystal and the Horns

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Corruption, Or What?

2017-05-11 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Did you read that Mayoral candidate David Saucedo made allegations of corruption, and District 6 Representative Claudia Ordaz refuted them?

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Retrovision: El Paso is an Elephant

2017-05-10 elrichiboy Politics, Retrovision 3 comments

This post originally appeared on April 20, 2015. We’re like the three blind men who were presented with an elephant.

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Chicano Music

2017-05-10 elrichiboy Art, Music, Video Leave a comment

Here’s a short video about the Chicano influence on Latin Music. Check it out.

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David Ogilvy’s Advice

2017-05-09 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council Leave a comment

David Ogilvy is known as the father of advertising. He founded the ad agency Ogilvy and Mathers. Here’s some advice

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Champions League Semis Today

2017-05-09 elrichiboy sports, What to Do Leave a comment

Today is a day-drinking kind of day. Yesterday Juventus beat Monaco 2-1, to make the aggregate 4-1. They will play

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Depositions Are Where the Fun’s At

2017-05-09 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

If the City doesn’t get a declaratory judgement at this next hearing, and if the lawsuit goes to trial, then

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El Paso Times Covers the Arena Lawsuit. Sort Of.

2017-05-08 elrichiboy City Council, Media, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

The El Paso Times finally got around to covering the lawsuit over the arena this weekend. The story came out

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Sunday Matinee: My War

2017-05-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a Chinese war movie about the Korean War, where the Chinese are the good guys, and the bad guys

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