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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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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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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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Mo’ Money

2017-06-15 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Did you see this story on KVIA about Cohen Stadium? A windstorm damaged the shade canopy structure [at Cohen Stadium]

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Elroop

2017-06-15 elrichiboy Art, Navel Gazing One comment

I’m thinking about marketing myself as a lifestyle brand. You know. Like Gwyneth Paltrow. From the New York Post: Gwyneth

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Happy Birthday, Monarch

2017-06-14 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Monarch turns four today. I remember when she was in pigtails and braces, with skinned knees from learning to ride

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Now That the Horse Has Left the Barn . . .

2017-06-14 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Too late for some stadiums . . . From ESPN.com: A group of politicians who are tired of taxpayer money

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JRZ Music Fest Schedule

2017-06-13 elrichiboy Juarez, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

This weekend is the JRZ Music Fest in Juarez. On Friday the headliners are Cafe Tacvba. On Saturday it’s Los

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Good News and Bad News

2017-06-13 elrichiboy Trolley 2 comments

The good news is that Stanton Street is open for two-way traffic north of Schuster. The bad news is that

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Why didn’t they call it an arena?

2017-06-13 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Quality of Life Projects, The Arena 3 comments

I know you’ve been wondering the same thing. If they wanted to build an arena downtown, why didn’t they call

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What 8.57% Means

2017-06-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider 14 comments

Politics in El Paso is in a sorry state. There are 364,537 registered voters in El Paso. Only 31,255 of

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Sunday Matinee: Ferrum

2017-06-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Sorry I’m late. I got caught in internet traffic. Ferrum is some kind of existential Russian gangster art flick. I

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City of Dust: Cuervo, New Mexico

2017-06-09 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

Where Crows Flew When it comes to ghost towns, it doesn’t get much better than Cuervo, New Mexico. Its condition

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Mexico Only Has Two Problems . . .

2017-06-08 elrichiboy Mexico, Video Leave a comment

You, and everyone else. Here’s a video that takes a stab at Mexico’s chronic problems. Check it out.

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Visit Juarez Like a Tourist

2017-06-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, What to Do 6 comments

Do you go to Juarez? If you do, you likely only go to the bars and restaurants. And who can

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In the News, Sorta

2017-06-07 elrichiboy Art, Brand El Paso Leave a comment

Gabriel Solis writes about how At the Drive In changed his life. At Vice.com: “No guey, you don’t get it!”

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Shrub by Valentin Sandoval

2017-06-07 elrichiboy Art, Go Local, Video Leave a comment

Valentin Sandoval is a videographer and the author of South Sun Rising, a critically acclaimed bilingual prose poem about his

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Anyone But Adolfo

2017-06-07 elrichiboy City Council, Politics 4 comments

El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse candidates. Well, we might, if we were one hundred and ten percent sure that they were

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The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

2017-06-05 elrichiboy Navel Gazing, Retrovision 4 comments

Back before we were old enough to drink, we drank Schlitz. Schlitz tall boys, in steel cans, with a seam

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Renonsense Man

2017-06-05 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

A friend recently referred to another friend as the common term for a polymath and I thought, yeah…nah. Actually, I

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Sunday Matinee: The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World

2017-06-04 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

In the sixties, various studios came out with James Bond knockoffs. There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of spy and secret

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Robert Randolph at Tricky Falls Tomorrow Night

2017-06-03 elrichiboy Art, Music, What to Do Leave a comment

Pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph brings his funk and soul and burn-the-house-down rock and roll to Tricky Falls tomorrow night.

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UEFA Champions League Final

2017-06-02 elrichiboy Juarez, sports, What to Do Leave a comment

Saturday, June 3, at 12:45 pm, Real Madrid plays Juventus in the final game of the UEFA Champions League. Mostly,

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  • La Cucaracha
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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

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