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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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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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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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Hiking the Franklins

2016-12-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment

Friday woke up with charcoal gray clouds camped to the north. The polar vortex was coming, the weathermen said. Winds.

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Green Men’s Greensleeves

2016-12-17 GC Adams Slider 5 comments

The El Paso Times’ recent article by the Russians on the lady with 6,000 Christmas trees made me realize that

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Hal Marcus’ Hippie Holidaze

2016-12-16 elrichiboy Go Local, What to Do One comment

Don’t you just love Christmas shopping? Going to the mall, and looking for a parking spot, and then elbowing your

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Our Local Government In Action

2016-12-16 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, The Arena One comment

Well, it looks like the City of El Paso will do a better thing than kick poor people out of

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Nick Waterhouse at Tricky Falls Tonight!

2016-12-16 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

Whooee! Nick Waterhouse will be bringing his soulful, retro, boozy rhythm and blues to Tricky Falls tonight. Tickets available at

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Hip City at the Pizza Joint

2016-12-16 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

Punkabilly rockers Hip City play the Pizza Joint downtown tonight at 10 PM in a FREE all-age show. Here they

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Nick Waterhouse at Tricky Falls on Friday

2016-12-15 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

This cat Nick Waterhouse is playing at Tricky Falls on Friday. Highly recommended. Tickets available from TicketFly. Check it out.

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Who’s driving this truck?

2016-12-15 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

It looks increasingly like City Staff are giving direction to City Council instead of the other way around. Like this

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Life in the Echo Chamber

2016-12-14 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena One comment

Here’s what District 3’s sweetheart Emma Acosta had to say in this week’s El Paso Inc. “You keep hearing that

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Never Give Up

2016-12-14 elrichiboy City Council, Slider Leave a comment

Remember Jack Handey? He went to Eastwood, and wrote Deep Thoughts for Saturday Night Live, back when SNL was good.

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Just . . . Yes

2016-12-13 GC Adams Uncategorized 4 comments

El Paso just had its annual three day event we like to call “Fall.” I’ve read about other places having

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Día de Nuestra Señora

2016-12-13 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Yesterday I went to Juarez for the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the

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Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Chihuahua

2016-12-13 elrichiboy Media, Mexico Leave a comment

According to news reports, a radio journalist was shot dead in his driveway in Ciudad Chihuahua on Saturday morning. From

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Urban Revitalization, Winston-Salem Style

2016-12-13 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an article about Winston-Salem from Politico, from a series called What Works. The series is dedicated to exploring the

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The K Club is Open Again

2016-12-12 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

According to reliable taxista Benjamin, the Kentucky Club is open again. “They’ve been open about eight days,” he told me

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Curiouser and Curiouser

2016-12-12 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, The Arena 3 comments

Isn’t it weird that self-professed Chicano political blogger Jaime Abeytia is in favor of evicting the abuelitas from Duranguito so

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Cichon to D.C.?

2016-12-12 elrichiboy Politics Leave a comment

Do you ever shop at Albertson’s? I only shop there sometimes. I run in for a bottle of wine, maybe,

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Glasbox Speakeasy Show: Ross Fleming and Omar Cuellar

2016-12-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized, What to Do Leave a comment

Tonight at the Glasbox: Ross Fleming and Omar Cuellar play a Speakeasy show. I dug up a video or Mr.

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Retrovision: Sanctuary

2016-12-10 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on June 6, 2012. Just like drinking at home I went to my favorite bar last

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Mexican Boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. Murdered in Guadalajara

2016-12-09 elrichiboy Mexico Leave a comment

Mexican boxer Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. was found murdered in a jeep near his home in Guadalajara this morning. Mr. Gonzalez

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