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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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Surprise! Electric Rates Going Up

2016-12-05 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development 3 comments

Here’s more good news for El Pasoans. According to this story from El Paso’s finest English language daily, electric rates

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A Perfect World: The Mennonite Colonies of Chihuahua

2016-12-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Mexico One comment

Here’s a locally relevant documentary about a couple of Mennonite colonies just down the road from here in Chihuahua. I

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What’s the Rush?

2016-12-05 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

Why is City Council in such a hurry to build an arena? Well, City Council won’t tell us, so I

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El Guero de Acero on El Late Night

2016-12-04 elrichiboy Juarez, Navel Gazing 2 comments

For your viewing pleasure. Or not. People were a lot more open before everyone was packing a video recorder, and

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Is it brain drain or a diaspora?

2016-12-03 elrichiboy Brand El Paso Leave a comment

Former El Pasoan Mark Mendel is a big player on a small wing of the world stage. From Torrent Freak:

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Hope Riot with Robert Holguin

2016-12-02 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

It’s a tribute. I think.

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Old Schooled

2016-12-02 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

Election night, as I drove back to El Paso through the navy blue of the High Desert with stars from

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Mea Culpa

2016-12-01 elrichiboy Navel Gazing, Slider 5 comments

I shouldn’t put all the blame for city governance on bad intentions. I’m sure that almost everyone involved wants the

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George Carlin Talks About El Paso

2016-12-01 elrichiboy Politics Leave a comment

“It’s called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.” With some extra optional propaganda at

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It’s All Good, But It’s Not OK(C)

2016-12-01 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena One comment

There’s a lot of talk about how El Paso could be the next Oklahoma City, developing downtown through sports infrastructure.

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Spot the Liar

2016-11-30 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

From last week’s El Paso Inc.: [B]uilding the arena within 1,000 feet of the El Paso Convention Center would allow

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Tlacho XolitzcuintIi Centeotl Yacatecuhtli

2016-11-30 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

By Reesa Turner When I heard that a perfect storm of 3 of my absolute favorite things (BEER, TACOS, FREE)

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The Ice Man Isn’t Cometh, He’s Hereth

2016-11-30 elrichiboy Navel Gazing One comment

Here’s this crazy episode from Vice.com about this Dutchman who has mastered his autonomic nervous system to the extent that

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Julian Aguilar on the Juarez Violence

2016-11-29 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

Julian Aguilar is a brilliant journalist and photographer in Ciudad Juarez. He’s lived there long enough to know some stuff,

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The City wants to run the CRRMA. What could possibly go wrong?

2016-11-29 elrichiboy City Council One comment

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? The mayor and the City Council said Monday they will

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El Late Night with Special Guest Richard Wright

2016-11-29 elrichiboy Juarez, Media, Slider Leave a comment

Walking across the bridge, I wish I’d brought a scarf, except the holiday house guests were between me and the

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Kentucky Club Sanctioned for Discrimination Against Indigenous

2016-11-28 elrichiboy Juarez 2 comments

Well, the Kentucky Club is in the news again, and not for anything good. LaPolaka (Noticias en Caliente)* reports that

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You must be rich, or you couldn’t owe so much money.

2016-11-28 elrichiboy Taxes Leave a comment

Did you know that, despite having household incomes about twenty percent less than the rest of Texas, the City of

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Twice the Fools

2016-11-28 GC Adams Uncategorized Leave a comment

I want to apologize to my children. Actually, on behalf of every American who’s voted in the last 100 years,

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Patience, patience

2016-11-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Downtown Management District Executive Director Joe Gudenrath sees a very faint light at the end of a very long tunnel.

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