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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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  • 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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About Those QoL Bonds: A Retrospective

2017-05-04 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

Let’s put it in perspective. In 2012, El Paso was enjoying a singular moment. Fort Bliss was benefitting from Bass

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Fine Dining a la Raramuri

2017-05-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 2 comments

There are thousands of places to eat in Juarez. Maybe tens of thousands. The barriers to entry are low. If

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Real Creams Atlético 3-0

2017-05-02 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, sports Leave a comment

It looked like Real had more players than Atlético. Christian Ronaldo scored all three goals. He makes big plays. Lionel

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The Rest of the World is Laughing at Us

2017-05-02 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Gratuitous Snark One comment

Remember when we got that Whole Foods? How everyone was some people were excited about it? Leave it to El

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He’s Such a Good Boy

2017-05-01 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

Did you see Mayor Oscar Leeser’s column in the El Paso Times this weekend? It has not even been a

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Champions League Semis Tuesday and Wednesday

2017-05-01 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, sports, What to Do Leave a comment

The first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals takes place tomorrow and Wednesday at 12:45, like lunch dessert. The

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Shadowy Men On a Shadowy Planet

2017-04-30 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment

I don’t know what movie you’re in right now, but this song is part of the soundtrack for the movie

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Sunday Matinee: Hellzapoppin’

2017-04-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a zany 1941 slapstick comedy based on a long-running Broadway show. It’s a wacky spectacular example of burlesque comedy

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Now I Need a Bigger Hat

2017-04-30 elrichiboy Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

We’re famous. From Aljazeera: In the early 1970s, Richard Wright, a native of El Paso, Texas, began crossing the then

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JRZ Musicfest June 16 & 17

2017-04-29 elrichiboy Juarez, Music, What to Do 3 comments

Zowie. They’re having some shindig over in Juarez in June. The headliners, for instance, are Los Tigres del Norte and

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Rincón de San Narcos Marcos

2017-04-29 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

Here’s a piece from the Daily Beast titled The Narco Trafficker Next Door that gives a shout out to our

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Why Our Streets Have Potholes

2017-04-28 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, Taxes 3 comments

One of the first issues our next mayor is going to have to confront is the budget. We’re in debt,

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Desponchadora Rapidito

2017-04-28 elrichiboy Cost of Living, How to Live in El Paso One comment

In Mexico, the three biggest industries are petroleum, public corruption, and desponchadoras. There are so many desponchadoras in Juarez that

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Free Money

2017-04-27 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council Leave a comment

Giving the City the authority to grant millions of dollars in tax rebates is a Petrie dish for corruption. Come

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How to Be a Latin Lover Trailer

2017-04-27 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Here’s a trailer for a movie that premieres this weekend. Check it out.

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City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico

2017-04-27 John Mulhouse City of Dust 16 comments

Little Place on the Prairie The Homestead Act of 1862 was an attempt by the U.S. government to entice citizens

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Viva Tirado Live

2017-04-27 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

There’s the scene in Up In Smoke where Cheech says, “We play every kind of music. Everything from Santana to

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Ski Jump Tires

2017-04-26 elrichiboy Art, Video Leave a comment

When I was a kid we’d find old tires up on the mesas and roll them off. Somehow it’s oddly

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1 + 1 = Infinity

2017-04-26 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

It occurred to me as I was walking home from Monarch right now that I missed the obvious conclusion of

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Brand Management Chuco-Style

2017-04-26 elrichiboy Brand El Paso 2 comments

There’s a branch of marketing that apparently hasn’t made its way to El Paso yet. It’s called Brand Management. At

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  • Paul Pino on The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
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  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Jessamyn C Young on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
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El Chuqueño Lately

  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”
  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”
  • “Blackout”
  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

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