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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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Here’s Looking Up Your Old Address

2016-06-16 elrichiboy It's All Good, Law Enforcement 2 comments

Another day, another fruitless anal probe performed on a U.S. citizen by Customs and Border Protection. From the Arizona Capitol

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Public Service Announcement

2016-06-15 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics 3 comments

Those planning to travel from downtown El Paso to the west side during peak travel hours are advised catch U.S.

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About the Orlando Photo Op

2016-06-14 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Media, Politics One comment

DavidK makes a lively point here, on his RefusetheJuice blog, about the gathering of elected officials after the Orlando shooting.

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I have seen the future, and it’s not pretty.

2016-06-13 elrichiboy Economic Development One comment

One of the keys for El Paso’s future development is advanced logistics, if you believe the masterminds at the Borderplex

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Mark Lucas for District 4

2016-06-12 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Politics 6 comments

Here’s an opinion piece in the El Paso Times from Northeast El Paso resident Mark Lucas. I’m concerned about City

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El Guero Palma is Almost Free

2016-06-11 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Héctor Luis “El Guero” Palma Salazar, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, will be released from U.S. custody

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Add Oklahoma to the List of States Not to Visit

2016-06-10 elrichiboy Law Enforcement 4 comments

If you’re driving in Oklahoma, and you see the flashing lights in your mirror, you might end up homeless, according

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Huh?

2016-06-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

Here’s a quote form District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein, from KVIA. “El Paso sometimes gets destroyed under the stick when

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Fin de Semana

2016-06-10 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

I’m sitting in a bar in Ciudad Chihuahua, The Monaco, on the edge of downtown. It’s clean and well lighted

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I think I know him.

2016-06-09 elrichiboy It's All Good Leave a comment

An elderly couple were robbed at a bus stop near the H&H this morning, according to KFOX. El Paso police

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About Tommy Gonzalez

2016-06-09 elrichiboy City Council, Media, Politics 2 comments

I’ve said it before: Doesn’t the outrage about the City Manager’s lapses seem disproportionate? Yeah, he probably didn’t need an

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Ghosts?

2016-06-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a piece that makes one question the durability of the membrane between the here-and-now and the afterlife. Mourning seems

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Words to Live By

2016-06-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

As a public service, I am forwarding the advice of Milwaukee police Chief Ed Flynn, who offered the public these

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Is that blood on your banana?

2016-06-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

According to various news outlets, Chiquita admitted paying Colombian paramilitaries $1.7 million between 1997 and 2004. Now, the U.S. district

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EPISD Audit Reveals It’s All Good

2016-06-03 elrichiboy Education, It's All Good One comment

The El Paso Times is investigating the El Paso Independent School District’s hiring policies, and here’s what they’ve come up

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Smells like cheese.

2016-06-01 elrichiboy It's All Good, Politics Leave a comment

Here’s something I lifted from ElPasoSpeak.com: Here are some interesting facts you might find ‘eyebrow raising:’ In the last five

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Authentico?

2016-06-01 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development 3 comments

Do you think the Downtown Management District appreciates the irony of their new tagline “Authentico”? Auténtico would have been more

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Abandon Hope

2016-06-01 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development 2 comments

Well, they’re looking at it. The last regime drove the City into a ditch, and current crop are looking to

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It’s Only (Your) Money

2016-05-31 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Law Enforcement One comment

Remember when the Pope visited Juarez last February. The Diario reveals today that it cost the City of El Paso

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South of the Border

2016-05-31 elrichiboy Law Enforcement 3 comments

You should be concerned about traveling south of the border, especially if you’re a Canadian, according to this story from

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