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  • Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

    2026-08-26 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel is Elvis and Prince and

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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 “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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  • Instrumenta antiqua stultis antiquis.

    2026-08-27 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Here is a little game you can play with your coworkers: try to find a document at your work that is written

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  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26

    2026-08-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI data center under construction in

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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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  • “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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  • 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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  • 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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Blame the New Guy

2015-07-26 elrichiboy It's All Good, Politics One comment

The El Paso Times knows who’s responsible for the poor paperwork that resulted in the City not receiving $20 million

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Stop and Frisk in Juarez

2015-07-26 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

According to this story out of Juarez, the local police there have stepped up the Stop and Frisk approach to

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An Open Letter to Peter Svarzbien

2015-07-25 elrichiboy Politics 3 comments

Peter, (May I call you Peter? I feel that with this kind of letter, it’s better to be chummy.) Politics.

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Surviving the Police

2015-07-24 elrichiboy Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Well, it’s the weekend, and that means you are at a higher risk of engaging law enforcement. So watch this.

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The World is Round

2015-07-24 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development 25 comments

What I’m about to suggest is heresy. What if downtown El Paso will never be a high-end destination? That’s the

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El Paso: No. 1 Again!

2015-07-23 elrichiboy Economic Development 2 comments

El Paso is getting national recognition again, this time in a Bloomberg survey of the Top Twenty Cities Americans are

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Peter Svarzbien = Vendido

2015-07-22 elrichiboy Downtown Leave a comment

I lifted this from the El Paso County Historical Society’s Facebook page. I’m reprinting it without their permission. I don’t

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Hysterical versus Historical

2015-07-22 elrichiboy Downtown One comment

I’ve been working on a post about City Council refusing a state grant for an historical survey of downtown, but

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Juarez Rumors

2015-07-17 elrichiboy Economic Development, Juarez Leave a comment

The word on the street (literally, a taxista told me at the corner of Juarez and Begonias) is that the

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Netflix Narcos Trailer

2015-07-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Drugs and violence are always a big draw. Here’s the trailer for Netflix’s new series Narcos, featuring the adventures of

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“Trust me.”

2015-07-11 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

How about this incredible decision by the Downtown Management District to refuse grant money from the Texas Historical Commission for

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Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand

2015-07-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand is often cited by the robber barons as justification for trickle-down economics and the disproportionate distribution

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El Paso Times’ Coverage of Irene Ramirez’ Retirement

2015-07-08 elrichiboy Media, Politics One comment

Did you see this story in the El Paso’s English language daily today concerning the retirement of City Engineer Irene

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No, really.

2015-07-08 elrichiboy Economic Development Leave a comment

You must think I’m an unappreciative asshole. Some (many) people do. You know, the Borderplex Alliance is financed 100% by

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How to Live in El Paso: The Pink Store

2015-07-07 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

How long since you’ve been to the Pink Store in Palomas? If you’ve just moved to El Paso (Ha! Nobody’s

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Have we hit the bottom?

2015-07-06 elrichiboy Economic Development, Politics 2 comments

According to the El Paso Inc.’s Book of Lists, eleven of the fourteen largest employers in El Paso feed at

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How to Live in El Paso: Korean Food

2015-07-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

Do you ever go to those Korean restaurants? You should. Next to white people, Koreans are El Paso’s second largest

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How are we doing?

2015-07-03 elrichiboy Economic Development, Uncategorized Leave a comment

A couple of tradesmen I know, top-notch remodel types, are hurting for work. Like if you call them, they’re at

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Our Excellent Adventure

2015-06-30 elrichiboy Economic Development, Uncategorized 5 comments

Those cats at the Borderplex Alliance suggest our region become known for Quality. Where should we start? Maybe we should

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Hooray for the Borderplex Alliance

2015-06-29 elrichiboy Economic Development, Uncategorized Leave a comment

In this piece in the El Paso Inc., titled Carruthers: Why the region needs to work together former New Mexico

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  • John G. Dungan on The Restorative Power of Restaurants
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