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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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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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  • 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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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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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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  • “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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The Devitalization of Downtown

2017-05-23 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 9 comments

Look at that map. I’ve highlighted the ballpark, the civic center, and the proposed site for the arena. I’m guessing

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UEFA Champions League Championship

2017-05-23 elrichiboy sports, What to Do Leave a comment

Heads Up! Real Madrid plays Juventus on Saturday, June 3, at 12:45 in the Finals of the UEFA Champions League.

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The City Strikes Again!

2017-05-22 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Quality of Life Projects, Taxes One comment

I’m beginning to think that those Quality of Life bonds were nothing but a mammoth fraud. Look at this story

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If You Oppose the Electric Rate Hike, You Hate Women

2017-05-21 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Remember when Mayor Oscar Leeser said that no woman deserves the kind of money that El Paso Electric CEO Mary

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Sunday Matinee: Some Chinese Action Movie

2017-05-21 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s some Chinese action movie, dubbed in English. Lots of bow and arrow gunfights. Spoiler Alert: The Manchurians are real

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Support Our Sponsors!

2017-05-18 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso One comment

El Chuqueño would be a lot more miserable place without support from those guys in the right-hand column (or wherever

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More Rate Increases

2017-05-18 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Slider One comment

El Paso’s English language daily reports that Texas Gas, i.e., the gas company, want to raise its rates for the

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Destino

2017-05-18 elrichiboy Art, Video One comment

Imagine if Walt Disney had gotten together with Salvador Dali and made a trippy six minute animation that must have

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Conor Oberst at Tricky Falls Thursday

2017-05-17 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music, shows Leave a comment

Are you the last person who doesn’t know who Conor Oberst is? He’s a singer/songwriter that used to be in

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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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