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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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  • Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

    2026-05-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Stone Age Temple Mystery”

    2026-05-02 elrichiboy
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  • UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

    2026-04-27 Rich Wright

    “Hookers and a Camaro aren’t going to cut it anymore.” — My friend Mora I think UTEP should be a big party school, because it’s

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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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Sunday Matinee: Reign of Assassanis

2017-03-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

This is a first rate Chinese sword fight movie. These Chinese martial arts movies are kind of like superhero movies.

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Cartel de Sinaloa Documentary

2017-03-11 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

Remember when Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo met with Chapo Guzman? The Sinaloa Cartel wasn’t done with their publicity

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  • “Blackout”
  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”
  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two
  • “Jealous Badge”
  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

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