Skip to content

El Chuqueño

The dog barks, and the caravan moves on.

  • Home
El Chuqueño
  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant 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

    Continue reading
  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • 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

    Continue reading
  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

    Continue reading
  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

    Continue reading
  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

    Continue reading
  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

    Continue reading
  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

    Continue reading
  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
    Continue reading
  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
    Continue reading

“The Merry Gentlemen”

2026-07-12 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
Continue reading

“The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

2026-07-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
Continue reading

The Data Center Chronicles: The Battle of Jupiter Comes to Albuquerque

2026-07-06 Kent Paterson Data Centers, Project Jupiter, Sunland Park Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson If you reside in Albuquerque, have you seen a television ad for Project Jupiter? Heard a radio

Continue reading

“Jigsaw”

2026-07-05 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
Continue reading

“Death of a Guerilla: How the CIA Hunted Down Che Guevara”

2026-07-04 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
Continue reading

Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

2026-07-02 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people

Continue reading

“Guilty Bystander”

2026-06-28 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee One comment
Continue reading

“Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

2026-06-27 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
Continue reading

F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

2026-06-25 Bob Chessey History, Slider Leave a comment

The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled

Continue reading

“Short Cut to Hell”

2026-06-21 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
Continue reading

Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

2026-06-17 Kent Paterson Economic Development, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving

Continue reading

James Garner as “Marlowe”

2026-06-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

With Rita Moreno doing a fan dance. And Bruce Lee.

Continue reading

You Can Pay When You’re Dead

2026-06-08 Rich Wright Slider, Taxes 3 comments

Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because

Continue reading

“Kansas City Confidential”

2026-06-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
Continue reading

The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

2026-06-04 Kent Paterson Data Centers, New Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become

Continue reading

James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

2026-05-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
Continue reading

“Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

2026-05-30 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
Continue reading

“Blackout”

2026-05-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
Continue reading

“Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

2026-05-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
Continue reading

Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

2026-05-20 Kent Paterson Ciudad Juárez, Crime, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened

Continue reading

Posts pagination

«Previous Posts 1 2 3 4 … 202 Next Posts»

A Buck a Month

Come on. If everyone who read El Chuqueño donated just a dollar a month, I'd have a few more dollars. Make a difference. Invest in the alternative narrative, and help a brother out.

The People Speak!

  • Javier Cotera on La Cucaracha
  • elrichiboy on El Paso Matters to the Rescue
  • elrichiboy on Drones for Them, But Not for Us?
  • Tim Holt on Drones for Them, But Not for Us?
  • John G. Dungan on Citlali Delgado, Artist
  • Tim Holt on Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision
  • John G. Dungan on El Paso Matters to the Rescue
  • John G. Dungan on “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”
  • unknown on “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”
  • John G. Dungan on Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

El Chuqueño Lately

  • “Time Table”
  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurant Across the United States”
  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”
  • La Cucaracha
  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

Stuff we talk about