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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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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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Is El Paso Cool?

2024-05-26 Rich Wright Culture, Economic Development, Slider 12 comments

I remember when I lived in Austin, back before the invention of the automobile, there were Phds flipping burgers at

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“The Seven-Ups”

2024-05-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Deadly Shootouts & Betrayals: Inside the Bandidos”

2024-05-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Corruption and the Decline of El Paso

2024-05-21 Rich Wright Arrogance, Corruption, Economic Development, Opportunity Costs, Renard Johnson, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

Some people would have you believe that El Paso’s apogee was 1950, and we’ve been in steady decline ever since.

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Humphrey Bogart in “Call it Murder”

2024-05-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Rollo: The Dark Age Warrior Who Became King of Normandy”

2024-05-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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HARRY NELSON SHIPLEY: THE “BIG KID” OF THE JUAREZ PLAYGROUND, Part 1

2024-05-17 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider One comment

by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,

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The “Future of El Paso” Debacle

2024-05-16 Rich Wright Economic Development, Heather Wilson, Slider Leave a comment

If you only get your news from El Chuqueño, you missed this piece of news. From ElPasoMatters.com: The National Science

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More of What You Should Expect

2024-05-14 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, The Environment One comment

From the El Paso Times: Once again bucking the will of a chorus of El Paso residents, the El Paso

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“Cry Danger”

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“The Dark Web | Black Market Trade”

2024-05-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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What Did You Expect?

2024-05-09 Rich Wright City Council, Slider, Taxes 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council took a timid step toward having developers and homebuilders foot

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How Owners of Professional Sports Teams Dodge Taxes

2024-05-03 Rich Wright ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena One comment

Here’s an interesting story from ProPublica.com about how the owners of professional sports teams escape income taxes: The IRS has

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Our Petulant and Entitled Ruling Class

2024-04-28 Rich Wright City Council, MountainStar Sports Group, Oscar Leeser, Slider, The Arena Leave a comment

Here’s a story maybe you didn’t see. From ElPasoTimes.com: [El Paso Mayor Oscar] Leeser related a recent encounter with someone

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“Split Second”

2024-04-28 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Economy of Tomorrow”

2024-04-27 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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In Defense of the Rio Bosque Wetlands

2024-04-25 Vanessa Johnson Cesar Blanco, Slider, The Environment, TxDOT 5 comments

by Vanessa Johnson The Chihuahua Desert is an ecological treasure; it is the largest and most biodiverse desert in the

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Humphrey Bogar in “Midnight”

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“Your Brain: Who’s in Control?”

2024-04-20 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Juárez Multimedia Art Show Connects Rivers, Borders and Healing

2024-04-19 Kent Paterson Art, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson If you get a chance, you might saunter over to Ciudad Juárez to see the Somatica Terreste

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