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  • “EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

    2025-10-23 Bob Chessey

    by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,” the municipality boasted the slogan,

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  • Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

    2025-10-20 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s this brain drain argument that’s

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  • “The Other Woman”

    2025-10-19 elrichiboy
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  • “The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

    2025-10-18 elrichiboy

    Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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  • Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-10-17 Rich Wright

    Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing organizations. In response to the

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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

    2025-10-05 elrichiboy
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  • “The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

    2025-10-04 elrichiboy
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  • Ouch!

    2025-10-03 Rich Wright

    The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not pretty. On July 25, 2025,

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Death by a Thousand Cuts

2016-09-06 elrichiboy Taxes Leave a comment

The El Paso Inc. has a story this week about this year’s tax increases. Tax hikes are rarely popular. This

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Consultation With a Doctor: $3.35

2016-09-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 3 comments

What could be more fun than talking about health care? Our deductible is so high that I don’t even know

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Sunday Matinee: Get the Gringo

2016-09-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

For you viewing pleasure, Get the Gringo, starring Mel Gibson, in a Mexican prison. This is the best movie you’re

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Credit Where Credit is Due

2016-09-04 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Media One comment

We built this city on rock and roll.

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We’re on the wrong side of the future.

2016-09-02 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 6 comments

The biggest major at UTEP is Criminal Justice. Because law enforcement and corrections are the biggest employers in El Paso.

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Here’s Something You Weren’t Expecting

2016-09-01 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development 2 comments

City Council should get a raise. I know that they’re pretty worthless and they haven’t been doing us any favors.

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Can you get a cheaper EpiPen in Juarez?

2016-08-31 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 2 comments

I was going to tell you how you could get an EpiPen in Jaurez. You know, like in Canada: The

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What were you thinking?

2016-08-31 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes 2 comments

All those QoL projects are stupid. I think that none of them will significantly improve anyone’s real Quality of Life,

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Now It’s Just a Matter of Time

2016-08-30 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes 3 comments

Well, we’ve got bars and hotels. Triple A ball. A nice park in the middle of downtown. Pokemon Go. Big

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Velando Juan Gabriel

2016-08-29 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

Juan Gabriel, I think, shaped the way gays in Juarez think about themselves. On Avenida Juarez, Juanga stares down from

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Sunday Matinee

2016-08-28 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Here’s the 2010 grind classic, Machete, on YouTube. And remember, Machete don’t text.

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A Rare Word from the El Paso Times

2016-08-28 elrichiboy Media, Taxes, Uncategorized Leave a comment

This was on their website today: The problem is that people tend to gauge their ability to afford purchases based

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Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears at Tricky Falls TONIGHT!!!

2016-08-26 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

This is the last time I’m going to tell you. Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears are playing at

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Live Large at Proper

2016-08-26 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

In El Paso, we all know someone who prints t-shirts. Your brother. Your cousin. Your girlfriend’s boyfriend. That kid in

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Fixed Idea at the Lowbrow Palace

2016-08-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Are you trapped in a loveless engagement? Do you want to break up with your significant other, but don’t know

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“You messed up. You trusted us.”

2016-08-25 elrichiboy Media, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

The media is asking us to remember that our taxes are going up because we approved all those tax intensive

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Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls on Friday

2016-08-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Black Joe Lewis is bringing his party to Tricky Falls Friday, and he wants you to come.

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Property Taxes are Like Global Warming

2016-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Commissioners Court, Economic Development, Politics, School Districts, Taxes Leave a comment

Our local media like to tell you how much a property tax increase is going to cost you. But your

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Viva Juarez, Cabrones. A Downtown Restaurant Guide.

2016-08-24 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 2 comments

One of the best things about El Paso is Juarez. It’s more than a different city, or a different country.

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Blank Range with Black Joe Lewis at Tricky Falls

2016-08-23 elrichiboy Downtown, How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

Blank Range opens for Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears on Friday, August 26, at Tricky Falls. Tickets are

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