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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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  • 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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Dwntwn, Fast and Furious

2013-11-09 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

There’s an interesting story by David Crowder in today’s El Paso Inc. Here’s much of the story, as related in

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Deming Sued for Sodomizing Civilian

2013-11-06 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting story about a police stop gone wrong. Very wrong. And they have duck races, too. [Update]: It

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Mr. Crazy Knows Best

2013-10-28 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I think Mr. Crazy said it best: I came to the conclusion that even though I’m gonna have to wear

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Times up and out

2013-10-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

The El Paso Times parent corporation, citing the soft economy and increased on-line competition, layed off 19 people this week,

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The Moving Target

2013-10-25 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Did anyone notice the cognitive dissonance in the noise coming out of the ballpark crowd? I am really trying to

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Promoting Downtown El Paso

2013-10-23 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Promoting higher population densities in the urban core is a good thing. Higher population densities, and better public transportation, yield

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Deadspin on Chihuahuas

2013-10-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Two-word team names are minor league baseball’s bread and butter, and while the Desert Gators and Sun Dogs sound like

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Brand El Paso (fixed)

2013-10-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized 9 comments

Mithoff Burton Partners (“where creativity goes to die,” as one commenter put it) were given $300,000 by the City of

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In Defense of the Ballpark

2013-10-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Here’s a video from El Paso Triple A Baseball (I guess) helping you to understand the noble goals MountainStar Sports

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Ortega’s Gambit

2013-10-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized 3 comments

You’ve read that Steve Ortega has moved to quash his deposition, and the attempt to sift his emails relating to

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Alejandro Escovedo at Tricky Falls

2013-10-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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City Slogans

2013-10-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Here’s an article from the Atlantic on new city slogans for 2011. Even the worst is better than It’s All

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Some Thoughts on the Royal Succession

2013-10-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

There’s been a lot of chatter about Joyce Wilson’s resignation announcement this week. Here’s how I read it. With Ms.

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Documenting San Antonio’s Barrio Gang History

2013-10-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

At a time when train tracks separate much of the West Side from downtown, when many of the streets were

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Conundrum El Paso

2013-10-09 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development Leave a comment

Plan El Paso is the City’s general blueprint for “the built environment.” The Plan adopts the principles of New Urbanism,

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Rich People Just Care Less

2013-10-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Turning a blind eye. Giving someone the cold shoulder. Looking down on people. Seeing right through them. These metaphors for

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Love and Poison

2013-10-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

My wife really loves me.  Even though we fight a lot, yesterday I was feeling a little hungover, and she

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Am I drunk again, or am I still drunk?

2013-09-25 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Let’s dredge up a quote from Saturday’s story in El Paso’s English language daily: MountainStar said it wants to have

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What the $10 million announcement really meant

2013-09-24 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

I’m just speculating here.  But I think the truth lies behind this statement, as quoted from the El Paso Times:

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Monday Morning’s Quarterback

2013-09-23 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

It’s easy to get mad when the ballpark costs leap another ten million dollars.  It’s easy to point fingers when

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