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  • “Passport to Suez”

    2026-08-23 elrichiboy
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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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  • 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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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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War of the Worlds

2016-05-31 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, It's All Good, Media, Politics 2 comments

In this week’s news, the City is considering jacking the parking rates at metered spots during events. The city is

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Paradise Lost and Found Revisited

2016-05-23 Rich Wright Economic Development, Brand El Paso, Downtown, Juarez 3 comments

by Rich Wright This post originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com on 13 June 2008. Juarez isn’t so dangerous. In a long

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Thug Life

2016-05-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Watch this video on YouTube

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How to Live in El Paso: Frutas Avenue Fraternal and Social Club

2016-05-20 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 5 comments

Okay, so maybe I’m late to the party on this one. Maybe you’ve already been there. Maybe you’re already tired

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History belongs to the victors (and the guys that run the websites)

2016-05-18 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Media, Politics 2 comments

I was going to write about this post, on ElPasoSpeak.com. In it you will notice that, even under the model

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Let’s Review

2016-05-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Economic Development 2 comments

We’ve got a City Council ostensibly intent on attracting new, forward-thinking, businesses, and they’ve done what? Refused to provide partial

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We need to jump on this.

2016-05-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

We’re missing an opportunity here. Everyone I know has promised to leave the country after the next election if The

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Remember how cool El Paso used to be? A continuing story . . .

2016-05-06 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development One comment

El Pasoans of a certain age will appreciate all the cultural references in this interesting trailer for a video about

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Observation and Speculation

2016-05-02 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Economic Development 5 comments

Is El Paso getting ready to explode? I’ve heard that before. The news reports lots of exciting developments. Aldea. Luxury

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Stop Resisting!

2016-04-28 elrichiboy Law Enforcement One comment

What do San Antonio, Albuquerque, and Tucson have that El Paso doesn’t? A police department that participates in the federal

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National Cover Charge

2016-04-26 elrichiboy Juarez 5 comments

According to this story in the El Paso Times, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing a fine for U.S.

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They’ll do whatever it takes, and they don’t care how much it costs you.

2016-04-25 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Remember when everyone was celebrating all the new development going on in downtown El Paso? One of the big projects

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Nothing to see here. Move along.

2016-04-22 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, It's All Good, Media 2 comments

Here’s an interesting story about the Tigua Tribal Police arresting a seven-year-old at South Loop Elementary School. His mother found

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The City of El Paso Gets Sued for Throwing Poor People in Jail

2016-04-22 elrichiboy City Council, Law Enforcement, Politics Leave a comment

Remember when Buzzfeed reported that El Paso’s policy of jailing people who can’t afford to pay their traffic fines was

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Winners and Losers

2016-04-14 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Politics One comment

Former City Manager and current Chair of the Steering Committee of the Borderplex Alliance Joyce Wilson would like you to

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Muslims for Trump

2016-04-12 elrichiboy Politics One comment
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Poor Joyce

2016-04-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

It was a lot of responsibility to unilaterally saddle El Paso taxpayers with debt from the ballpark, and now those

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  • Tim Holt on The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez
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  • Tim Holt on How Much AI Is Too Much AI?
  • Tim Holt on NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

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  • “Passport to Suez”
  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events
  • “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”
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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

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