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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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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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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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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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If You Don’t Expect Too Much, You Won’t Be Disappointed

2017-04-26 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Politics Leave a comment

Maybe it’s because El Pasoans are used to paying less than retail. But we sure are in the habit of

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Titilating Speculation

2017-04-25 elrichiboy Politics 2 comments

Here’s an entry from Jaime Barceleau’s Campaign Finance Report. Mr. Barceleau is campaigning to be the City Representative for District

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