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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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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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The High Cost of Top-Down Gentrification

2016-10-29 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development One comment

Here’s a killer story from Chucopedia by Moncia Krause about the neighbors who live in the footprint and the shadow

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Livin’ Easy, Lovin’ Free

2016-10-28 elrichiboy Art, It's All Good 2 comments

You can thank me for this one later.

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Texas Hold ’em

2016-10-28 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 8 comments

Local politics is like Texas Hold ’em. The players won’t show you all their cards, so you look at what’s

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Weather Forecast

2016-10-28 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

I remember when we had to bundle up for Trick or Treat. When sitting in the stands for high school

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Visit to the Blogosphere

2016-10-27 elrichiboy Meta Blog Leave a comment

Man, that blogosphere is a scary place. Lemme show you. Since we’ve visited him last, Max Powers has been raising

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Abdou Diary

2016-10-27 elrichiboy Art, Downtown, How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

by Hope Wright I’d like to tell you that I’ve puked in every bathroom in the Abdou Building. But that

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Happy Days are Here Again!

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Good news, El Paso. All that economic development we’ve been planning for is starting to pay off. According to this

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Downtown Diary, the Last One: Part 2

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Art, Downtown Leave a comment

Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of

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WJUC Highlights Video

2016-10-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s are the freshest highlights of the finals of the World Junior (U 20) Ultimate Championship, in Poland. Fresh as

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El Paso Unified School District

2016-10-25 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Independent School District is pushing their “innovation” as an enticement to support their upcoming $669 million bond

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Public Office? We shouldn’t even let them use public restrooms.

2016-10-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

Last week City Council voted to kick poor people out of their homes so rich people could watch basketball from

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Downtown Diary: The Last One

2016-10-24 elrichiboy Downtown, How to Live in El Paso One comment

Jenni Burton had a weekly column in NewspaperTree from 2004 to 2007. Maybe longer. This month she moved out of

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Not on fire, just smoldering

2016-10-24 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

In an ongoing effort to “inform” the voters, someone posting on Facebook as EPISD Board Member Susie Byrd claimed that,

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The $669 Million Question

2016-10-22 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes 4 comments

Originally published way back on 7 September 2016 The El Paso Independent School District wants us to give them $669

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Don’t Buy Your Season Tickets Just Yet

2016-10-22 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

Our City Council on Tuesday past voted unanimously to approve the site of the downtown arena, even if it required

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I guess somebody noticed.

2016-10-21 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Slider, Taxes One comment

Mr. Bob Moore, editor of the El Paso Times, informed me via Facebook that the Specific Interest Committee Campaign Finance

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Jorge Talks

2016-10-21 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

In an interview with El Universal, Jorge, a purported chief in La Linea, the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel,

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Proper Printshop’s Art en Vivo: Chris Trian

2016-10-20 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s what Proper Printshop’s Facebook page says about Art en Vivo: Art en Vivo is a live screen printing project

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Do Western Refining’s Shareholders Know?

2016-10-20 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes, Uncategorized One comment

Corporate boards have a responsibility to their shareholders, and generally those shareholders expect the corporate boards to maximize profits. It’s

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There’s nothing wrong with EPISD that two thirds of billion dollars won’t fix. Well, hardly anything.

2016-10-20 elrichiboy Education, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

This from the El Paso Times: The El Paso Independent School District is one of two Texas school districts that

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