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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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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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Sunday Matinee: Some Chinese Fantasy Movie

2017-03-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This movie is like Ray Harryhausen’s Sinbad visits Wonder Woman. Or something. In Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese?), with English subtitles.

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City of Dust: Yeso, New Mexico

2017-03-26 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Life (and Death) by Railroad Most of the ghost towns I visit have been written about by Philip Varney in

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Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 3

2017-03-25 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

In this final episode of Clandestino: El Cartel de Sinaloa, the documentarians take us up to and over the border

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Feliz Cumpleaños, Mary!

2017-03-24 elrichiboy Juarez, What to Do Leave a comment

Mary, the bartender at the Buen Tiempo, is celebrating her birthday today. The Buen Tiempo is the oldest bar in

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Hasta la Vista, Baby

2017-03-24 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

The latest population estimates from the Census Bureau are out. The good news is that our limited water resources are

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Tickets, Please

2017-03-23 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s something interesting you may have overlooked. According to this post by Brutus over there at ElPasoSpeak.com, those bonuses the

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There’s One Born Every Minute

2017-03-23 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Slider 9 comments

The El Paso Times reports today that the El Paso Electric Company is introducing a solar energy plan. El Paso

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Dangerous Naivete

2017-03-21 elrichiboy Politics 2 comments

El Chuqueño doesn’t endorse candidates. We’ve had our hearts broken too many times. But anyone who says they can build

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Seeing Birds and Stars

2017-03-20 GC Adams Art, Music Leave a comment

Loose Dead Grass Season has now given way to Horny Bird Season, which is sometimes known as Suicidal Bird Season

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Sunday Matinee: Dead Man Running

2017-03-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Here’s a movie wid fiddy as the heavy. It’s pretty good. Check it out.

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Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary Chapter 2

2017-03-18 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

Did you see Chapter 1? In Chapter 2, we get to meet a sicario and cop who explains his ties

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The Border 80 Years Ago

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Art, Media Leave a comment

Here are some great pictures of the border in the late 1930s, from a story in the Washington Post. As

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The Con

2017-03-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

Did you see this story about the million dollar condos some people want to build on the west side? The

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The Chicano Batman Show is Going to Sell Out

2017-03-16 elrichiboy Music, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

Chicano Batman is playing the Perch at Tricky Falls on May 29, and it looks like that show will sell

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Downtown Living Tour

2017-03-16 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

The Downtown Management District is offering a tour of all the lovely places to live in DWNTWN! Here’s the money

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It’s Almost Funny

2017-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider 4 comments

Here’s an incredible video I found on el Feis last night. You better check it out before it disappears. In

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Juarez: A Comprehensive Briefing

2017-03-15 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Business Insider that provides a pretty complete review and update on the violence in Juarez. If

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Name Calling

2017-03-13 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago Mary and I went to go see Skye dance in the UTEP dance department’s show

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So Sick Fest Hits El Paso

2017-03-13 Hope Wright Art, shows, What to Do One comment

It’s March in Texas, and that can only mean one thing: South By Southwest is about to take over your

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Representative Noe is a Hypocrite

2017-03-13 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

God bless them, City Council is in over their heads and they don’t know what to do. Did you read

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