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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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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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We Deserve Better

2015-05-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized 5 comments

This story in the Sun Shopper, er, I mean the El Paso Times, by ace reporter Aaron Martinez leaves a

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Downtown Development? Thank Jim Scherr

2015-05-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

The talk around the water cooler is that the owners of those new boutique hotels were motivated by the success

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The Unintended Consequences of Branding

2015-05-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Do you remember when Sun Metro used to be called Sun City Area Transit? They had to change it because

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Armed Home Invaders Kill 22 Year Old Man in Front of His Mother

2015-05-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Can you imagine if the victims had their own Public Information Officer, or spokesperson, who was pampered by a lap-dog

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Limited Time Offer

2015-05-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

I know downtown Juarez like a sailor knows the sea. This isn’t some rowdy, drunken, staggering frat fest. At least,

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Wouldn’t it be cool if any of this story were true?

2015-05-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story from respected internet portal Overpasses For America detailing how a bunch of Minutemen detained two men with

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Just relax.

2015-05-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Maybe you heard about the burglary suspect who was shot by El Paso Police in his home, in front of

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Mr. Rogers neighborhood, or equivalent

2015-05-01 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 4 comments

I recommend you get a house in an old neighborhood. Not just a house in an old neighborhood. A house

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Our Secret: Code

2015-04-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

If El Paso really wanted to be on the leading edge in the jobs market, the schools would teach coding.

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They Think You’re Stupid. They Might Be Right.

2015-04-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Did you know, that no matter how much money MountainStar Sports Group makes from that ballpark, El Pasoans will never

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Come on, we’ve got this.

2015-04-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to data collected for this paper on patterns of drinking in the American Journal of Public Health, El Paso

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Revolution

2015-04-26 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’ve got this crazy idea. What if, before City Council votes on anything, we ask each Representative if they received

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It seems apt

2015-04-25 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

Here’s a quote, dubiously attributed to Charles Bukowski, that seems appropriate to the local political scene. “The problem with the

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From That Guy Who Always Rings Twice

2015-04-24 elrichiboy City Council, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I got a couple of interesting political advertisements in the mail today. One was from Yes! Yes! For El Paso

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Homegrown

2015-04-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

If you’ve ever eaten a fresh tomato in winter, you’ve probably eaten a tomato grown by slaves. If you’re one

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Over the line

2015-04-22 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez Leave a comment

If El Paso wants to thrive, we need to reduce the disincentives to crossing the border. We need to debunk

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We’re not citizens, we’re subjects.

2015-04-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

How much of a voice do you have in the way you’re governed? Did you get a vote on the

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Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

2015-04-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Did you see where El Paso’s unemployment rate was below the national average again last month? Economists are puzzled, because

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Tony’s Stainless Steel Taco Stand

2015-04-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

My friend Tony bought a stainless steel cart, suitable for selling tacos from. Tony lives in Juarez. Selling tacos is

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You’ll find it all embracing

2015-04-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

At the Taj Mahal of racing Come to the beautiful, wonderful, elegant Come to the Juarez Racetrack

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