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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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  • The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

    2026-08-19 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops. While these corporate establishments are

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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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  • An Economic Forecast

    2025-08-22 Rich Wright

    Here’s part of an editorial from El Diario de Juarez:1 Ayer informamos que, a tasa mensual, la producción de la maquila en Ciudad Juárez cayó

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  • Retrovision: Billares El Cid

    2025-08-12 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income

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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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  • “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 Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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The Long and the Short of It

2016-07-14 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

According to this story from ABC News, the chief security officer in Ciudad Acuña has banned miniskirts. The security chief

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Bravos Apertura

2016-07-14 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

Our local professional fútbol team, FC Bravos from Ciudad Juarez, will be playing their first game of the 2016 season

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Why your taxes are so high

2016-07-13 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Law Enforcement 2 comments

The City has renewed its partnership with the CBP to keep the bridge lines short. From KVIA: The City of

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But It’s Dry Heat

2016-07-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Media One comment

Remember this post from the Orbitz Travel Blog, picked up here by the Huffington Post. It’s titled 8 Places With

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Actions, and sometimes even just expressing opinions, have consequences.

2016-07-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, It's All Good 3 comments

Not here. In Seattle. From the website mynorthwest.com: President of the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild Ron Smith says he will

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Simple Solutions to Complex Issues

2016-07-12 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Politics 8 comments

Calling Black Lives Matters a “radical hate group” dismisses their legitimate grievances. Police often take adversarial positions to the communities

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How Quickly They Forget.

2016-07-10 elrichiboy City Council, Law Enforcement 4 comments

El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen got himself in trouble with some of our elected officials this weekend when he

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Not In My Front Yard

2016-07-07 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics 3 comments

In an apparent bid to distinguish itself from other developers in town, the Meyers Group, those people who are trying

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Budgeting, Juaritos Style

2016-07-07 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez One comment

Here’s a pro tip. The toll booth on the Stanton Street bridge doesn’t open till late. Like 10:00 a.m., maybe.

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You can’t keep a good man down.

2016-07-06 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Media Leave a comment

According to reports in the Mexican media, drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero may be staging a comeback in Ciudad Juarez.

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Chile Pequin

2016-07-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 4 comments

You want to grow chile in your backyard garden. Admit it. Jalapenos are good. Robust. Hearty. But if it’s hot,

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Never Saw It Coming

2016-06-29 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, School Districts, Taxes 2 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Times, the proposed budget for next year requires a increase in property

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Where are we going?

2016-06-29 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

I spent the weekend in Marfa. Marfa is like the Disneyland version of West Texas, like Main Street USA. Plenty

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Free Wifi in Downtown

2016-06-23 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Juarez 4 comments

According to this story in El Diario, visitors to downtown will soon enjoy free wifi: La avenida Juárez contará con

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Treating the Symptoms Instead of the Disease

2016-06-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

So let’s see, we cut funding for mental health care, make it illegal to self-medicate, instill fear and paranoia in

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Population Statistics: An Inconvenient Truth

2016-06-21 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, It's All Good, Taxes Leave a comment

I’m sure you’ve heard the news: It’s All Good. But that trite homily hides an ugly truth. For the year

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More Good News

2016-06-20 elrichiboy School Districts, Taxes One comment

Here’s a surprise we never saw coming. From KVIA: The El Paso school district is proposing a tax increase and

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We’re Number 1!

2016-06-19 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development, It's All Good 2 comments

I guess you saw the U.S. News and World Report report that had El Paso rated as the ninth best

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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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  • Howard on La Cucaracha
  • Tim Holt on NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”
  • Tim Holt on The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez
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  • Tim Holt on NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”
  • Javier Cotera on La Cucaracha

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

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