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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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  • 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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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

    2026-08-20 elrichiboy
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  • The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

    2026-08-19 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops. While these corporate establishments are

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  • 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.

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  • An Economic Forecast

    2025-08-22 Rich Wright

    Here’s part of an editorial from El Diario de Juarez:1 Ayer informamos que, a tasa mensual, la producción de la maquila en Ciudad Juárez cayó

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  • Retrovision: Billares El Cid

    2025-08-12 Rich Wright

    This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in Mexico, like wealth and income

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

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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Retrovision: “El Paso’s Highway Boondoggle”

2024-08-06 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 One comment

This post originally appeared on 2023-11-19. An alert reader hipped me to the Public Interest Research Group’s Fall 2023 publication

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Tony Curtis and Gilbert Roland in “The Midnight Story”

2024-08-04 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Deadliest City in Mexico | Tijuana: 7 Murders a Day”

2024-08-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Induced Demand

2024-07-31 Rich Wright Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

From Vox.com: From Massachusetts to California, transportation departments are pursuing controversial plans to widen highways, expansions that are sure to

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Veronica Escobar’s Bacon

2024-07-30 Rich Wright Veronica Escobar, Politics, Slider 2 comments

Say what you like about El Paso’s U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, but she’s bringing home the pork. From the El

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“Shield for Murder”

2024-07-28 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Problem with the City Manager Candidates

2024-07-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Joyce Wilson, Slider 3 comments

The horses are in the gates for the selection of the next City Manager. From ElPasoMatters.com: Four high-ranking city officials

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“Force of Evil”

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“Knuckle”

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Otto Preminger’s “Whirlpool”

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“The Day Stockholm Became a Syndrome”

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Tales from the Crypt

2024-07-11 Rich Wright Slider, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Edmundo "Mundo!" Calderon, Joyce Wilson, Opinion, Public Private Partnerships, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

by Rich Wright Former City Manager Joyce Wilson must be off her meds again, God bless her. Here is the

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“There’s nothing to do here.”

2024-07-10 Rich Wright Economic Development, ballpark, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Rich Wright The world is getting smaller. Okay, not really, but it seems like it. Computer algorithms keep pushing

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PART 3 BIG KID’S PALACE- “The Joy Spot of C. Juarez, Mexico.”

2024-07-08 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered

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“Fort Algiers”

2024-07-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 comments
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Ava Gardner and George Raft in “Whistle Stop”

2024-06-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Julian Assange: the Price of Truth”

2024-06-29 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Snow Lake, New Mexico

2024-06-28 Rich Wright Travel, Slider Leave a comment

by Rich Wright 25 June 2024 — There’s no one up here but us and the hosts, and we all

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Jack Palance and Ida Lupino in “The Big Knife”

2024-06-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Otto Preminger’s “Fallen Angel”

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