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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

    Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support groups, the nationwide de facto

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

    You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live. It was on the news.

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  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

    Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is Loretta Anderson and next to

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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El Paso’s Rio Bosque Wetlands Park threatened by unchecked forces of development.

2024-04-17 Jon Rezendes Slider, The Environment, TxDOT Leave a comment

This post was originally published on April 10, 2024 by ricklobello on the ILoveParks WordPress blog. In just a few

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City of Dust: Mystery Photos

2024-04-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider Leave a comment

by John Mulhouse I was sent two vintage photos from unidentified locations by someone that wants to know where their

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Iris Dement – “Let the Mystery Be”

2024-04-15 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Sunland Park Déjà Vu: Water, Management Crisis and Community Protest

2024-04-15 Kent Paterson CRRUA, New Mexico, Slider, Sunland Park, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Momentous days riveted April in the southern New Mexico border communities of Sunland Park and neighboring Santa

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City of Dust: Cabezón, New Mexico

2024-04-11 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider 3 comments

by John Mulhouse Beneath the Giant’s Head If you’re tooling around the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, one feature

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The Arena Saga

2024-04-10 Rich Wright Arrogance, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Economic Development, Renard Johnson, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

I am tired of writing about the ongoing swindle that local governments keep trying to pull on us. I’m talking

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Migrant Deaths Skyrocket in the El Paso Sector

2024-04-09 elrichiboy Migration, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a horrifying story from TheBorderChronicle.com that brings to light skyrocketing migrant deaths in and around El Paso. As safe

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“Abe Partidge’s 403d Freakout”

2024-04-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Ann Baxter and Sterling Hayden in “The Come On”

2024-04-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Sentinel Tower Update

2024-04-06 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider, Surveillance, Uncategorized 5 comments

They’re bringing it. Pretty soon you’ll be able to see it from El Paso. It’s the Torre Sentinela. You remember:

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In Other News

2024-03-31 Rich Wright News, Slider 3 comments

According to U.S. Census Bureau estimates, between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, El Paso County’s population grew from

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Yul Brynner in “Port of New York”

2024-03-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Gregory Peck in “I Walk the Line”

2024-03-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Ma Barker and Her Crime Family”

2024-03-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“I Love Trouble”

2024-03-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Ninja: The Real Shadow Warriors Of Medieval Japan”

2024-03-16 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Why We Can’t Build an Arena in the Rail Yard by City Hall

2024-03-12 Rich Wright Joyce Wilson, Liar Liar, Slider, The Arena One comment

Seems like the perfect location, right? Big. Mostly vacant. Downtown. But Union Pacific won’t deal with the City. Why not?

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Joe T. Hodo – “Padre Solalinde / Las Patronas”

2024-03-11 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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“Key Witness”

2024-03-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Celts: The Mysterious Dark Age Masters Of Europe”

2024-03-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

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