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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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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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Viejas Puchadoras

2015-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story from our friends at La Polaka tells us about two matronly types who were arrested in Juarez for

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Some Friendly Advice

2015-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

From my friend a former federal agent: If you’re ever in a knife fight, and you get to the other

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How to Live in El Paso: Your Third Place

2015-08-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

The Moctezuma Cafe was a little dive bar in downtown El Paso. It was a block from the courthouse and

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Urban Removal Redux

2015-08-24 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Downtown, Economic Development 4 comments

Demolition in our urban core not only destroys historic buildings, it destroys any chance of revitalizing downtown. What’s going to

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Police Narratives

2015-08-23 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Here are a couple of stories from the national press that may make you question what you hear from the

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A Motive for the City Manager’s Raise?

2015-08-23 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics One comment

Could the power brokers behind El Paso’s city government have arranged for the City Manager’s $61,000 a year raise? According

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Passports to Mexico

2015-08-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

According to this story from the Associated Press, going to Mexico isn’t going to be the carefree stroll it always

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Step Right Up

2015-08-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized 6 comments

El Paso Electric didn’t want to be last in the line of people asking El Pasoans for more money. From

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City Rep Larry Romero on the City Manager’s Raise

2015-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

District 2 City Representative Larry Romero’s guest column in Sunday’s El Paso Times included this nugget: If the El Paso

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Tommy Gonzalez in the Land of Second Chances

2015-08-14 elrichiboy Politics One comment

People who say that we had to give City Manager Tommy Gonzalez a $61,000 raise to keep another city from

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Regional Economic Development

2015-08-13 elrichiboy Economic Development 3 comments

The Borderplex Alliance, an entity dedicated to regional economic development, commissioned a study by Angelou Economics to develop a plan

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The Empty Suit

2015-08-12 elrichiboy Politics One comment

Commenter Rex Kramer asks, regarding City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ $61,000 raise, “Who really pulls the strings?” Wouldn’t it be kind

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Some questions about the latest police shooting

2015-08-12 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

How about this account from the El Paso Times of what happened during the police shooting on Dyer last week:

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Throwing Other People’s Money Around

2015-08-10 elrichiboy Politics One comment

The El Paso Times ran an editorial Sunday that was atypically critical of city government. The El Paso City Council’s

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Checks and Balances, El Chuco Style

2015-08-10 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media 3 comments

The United States runs by a system of checks and balances. If the executive and the legislative branches disagree, then

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The El Paso Police Shot Somebody, Maybe

2015-08-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

From this story in the El Paso Times: A man was shot and killed Thursday night in a parking lot

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Not Too Bad If You’ve Got Low Standards, Part 2

2015-08-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Did you see this article on clickbait website WalletHub.com? It claims that, among big cities in the U.S., El Paso

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Another Two Bite the Dust

2015-08-06 elrichiboy Economic Development 4 comments

The bar business is dynamic. The barriers to entry in Texas are relatively small, and almost everyone who’s been in

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The Price of Gasoline: Updated

2015-08-05 elrichiboy Economic Development Leave a comment

Update: According to this story in yesterday’s English language daily, business is good for Western Refining. Western Refining beat analysts’

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The Lives and Deaths of Jack Thompson: Updated

2015-08-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized 9 comments

Update: I emailed Jason McGahan, the author The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant, the original piece in

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