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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”

    2026-08-22 elrichiboy

    Jaron Lanier attended New Mexico State University, and (I think) Morehead Elementary.

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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

    2026-08-20 elrichiboy
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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 “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • “Passport to Suez”

    2026-08-23 elrichiboy
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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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The City’s War on Small Business

2016-12-07 elrichiboy City Council, Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

God bless those nice people in city government. They are completely clueless. Here’s a letter to the editor of the

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Buenas Noticias?

2016-12-06 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

According to multiple news sources, the Congress of the State of Chihuahua has approved a change in the law that

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Snake Pit

2016-12-06 elrichiboy City Council, Slider, Uncategorized 3 comments

Remember when you were four or five, and you found out that Santa Claus was just a character invented by

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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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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

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