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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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  • Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

    2026-05-03 elrichiboy
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Sniper Drones Coming Soon!

2024-12-05 Rich Wright Slider, World News Leave a comment

Here’s a story from NPR: The quadcopter is what many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip call a small sniper drone

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Local Democrats have lost their way.

2024-12-02 Rich Wright César Blanco, Elections, Politics, Renard Johnson, Slider One comment

Prominent Democrats in El Paso have endorsed Renard Johnson in the race for El Paso mayor. Mr. Johnson is also

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“Portland Exposé”

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“Smart Insects – The astonishing intelligence of bumblebees, wasps, & co.”

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“And Then There Were None”

2024-11-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Big Entertainment Projects Are Bad for El Paso

2024-11-22 Rich Wright Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

They pitch these projects as drivers of economic development, but they stifle the monetization of local culture, and tax (literally)

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The Expected Environmental Catastrophe

2024-11-17 Rich Wright Downtown, International Relations, Juarez, Local Heroes, Mexico, Slider, The Environment 2 comments

Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso:

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“Hostile Border”

2024-11-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment

Occasionally I meet someone in downtown Juarez who has been deported from the United States who doesn’t speak Spanish, or

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“AlphaGo – The Movie”

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“Short Cut to Hell”

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“Decadence and Downfall: The World’s Most Expensive Party”

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The Mayoral Runoff

2024-11-08 Rich Wright Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Politics, Renard Johnson, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

The mayoral election is headed to a runoff. Renard Johnson faces Brian Kennedy. Mr. Johnson has offered a laundry list

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BOHICA, EPISD Style

2024-11-07 elrichiboy EPISD, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

There’s some controversy over there at the El Paso Independent School District. From KVIA.com: EPISD Board President Israel Irrobali is

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Marilyn Monroe “One Silver Dollar”

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Quincy Jones – “Soul Bossa Nova”

2024-11-04 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment

With choreography by Bob Fosse.

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El Paso Community Gets a Boost for Environmental Health and Justice

2024-11-03 Kent Paterson Public Health, Slider, The Environment 3 comments

By Kent PatersonPhotos by Kent Paterson For years, residents of El Paso’s south-central Chamizal area have waged battles against pollution

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“Chicago Confidential”

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“Surviving in India’s Manufacturing Slums”

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“THE DANGERS OF BIG MONEY IN EL PASO ELECTIONS: Is the Mayor’s  office for sale?”

2024-11-02 Rich Wright Politics, Renard Johnson, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s a Press Release from the Community First Coalition, announcing a Press Conference Monday, November 4, at 11 am outside,

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Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday

2024-10-31 Rich Wright Culture, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be

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  • 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”
  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

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