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  • “The Thinking Game”

    2026-08-29 elrichiboy
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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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  • 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 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 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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  • “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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‘topes Leaving ABQ for OKC

2014-08-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The Albuquerque Isotopes will end their affiliation with the Los Angeles Dodgers next season. The Major League club will move

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You Are All Just Characters in My Video Game

2014-08-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story that’s either comforting or disturbing or both. Government scientists are investigating whether reality is as real as

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Leading Indicators

2014-08-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If the County of El Paso were a publicly held company, these two stories would give investors reason to short

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Mission Accomplished!

2014-08-26 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Well, the numbers are in, and the ballpark is a huge success. Attendance records have been broken, businesses are swarming

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More Tiny Houses for Homeless People

2014-08-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s the latest. This one’s from Portland. Portland is preparing to endorse the construction of communities of tiny houses on

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A Closer Look at Austin’s Newest Housing Project

2014-08-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

My interest was piqued by the tidbit of information about Austin’s newest project to provide housing to the chronically homeless.

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The Divided Future of El Paso

2014-08-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

I was surprised to see many of El Paso’s first citizens at the recent meeting to discuss the potential move

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Our Budget Deficit

2014-08-18 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Politics Leave a comment

By now you’ve heard that El Paso is facing a $3.5 million deficit, and City Council will probably raise property

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

2014-08-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Friday I went to a ballgame. You remember the ballpark. “El Paso citizens approved $500 million in “Quality of Life”

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Stick It in Your Smug Pocket

2014-08-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Sometimes something so good happens, I want to tell everybody. But then I feel sorry for everyone who isn’t me.

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An Open Letter to the Man Behind the Curtain

2014-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Re Downtown Development: You’re doing it wrong (Read more.)

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Trouble at Team Shapleigh

2014-08-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I don’t usually comment on local politics, per se. A lot of other bloggers cover that beat. But last night

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El Paso Asylum Seekers Sold Out

2014-08-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that the elements of our government tasked with protecting our borders

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So That’s What We’re Celebrating Today

2014-08-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Today is the International Day of the Female Orgasm. The holiday apparently originated in the northeast town of Esperantina [Brasil]

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Commercial Property Tax Valuations Down

2014-08-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If you trust the El Paso Times as your only news source, you probably didn’t notice that commercial property tax

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The El Paso Times versus The El Paso Inc.

2014-08-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

I confess I rarely read the print edition of the El Paso Times. Last week one came with the Wall

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Who Will Replace Jaime Esparza?

2014-08-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

With his recent highly public history of selective enforcement of the law, one can only conclude that our District Attorney

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But Some of Us are More Equal

2014-08-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

A kid gets in a fist fight with an off-duty police officer, in which the officer falls down and hits

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Why There’s No Place Like El Paso

2014-07-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an incredible opportunity:

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Mmm, Yogurt

2014-07-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Well, the El Paso Times reports that a yogurt shop is opening downtown: A combined TCBY frozen yogurt/Mrs. Fields cookies

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