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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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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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Good News on the Traffic Front

2016-06-19 elrichiboy It's All Good, Media 5 comments

In a story headlined West Side traffic jam relief will take years, the El Paso Times mentions some good news.

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Number 9?

2016-06-17 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Media Leave a comment

According to this evaluation from U.S. News and World Report, El Paso ranks ninth in the nation for Qualify of

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Tiger Moth?

2016-06-16 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

Saw this little fellow in our backyard today. I think he’s some variety of Tiger Moth. Anyone know better?

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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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