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(Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

2026-04-09 elrichiboy

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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People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed. Many

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“Hangover Square”

2026-03-22 elrichiboy

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“The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

2026-03-21 elrichiboy

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El Paso is Falling

2026-03-13 Rich Wright

The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2026-03-08 Rich Wright

Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

2026-03-08 elrichiboy

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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The Biggest Campaign of the Season

2026-03-02 Rich Wright

The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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In Defense of Flea Markets

2012-04-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Admittedly, they could have come up with a better name for the flea market. Over the past decade, various