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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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About the New Venue

2024-03-08 Rich Wright ballpark, City Council, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Y’all ain’t playin’ the long game. Some people (you know who you are) want to derail the proposed hybrid, inside-outside

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“Joe T. Hodo con rezos enlatados”

2024-03-04 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video One comment
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Mexico’s Mega Elections: The Time of Women

2024-03-04 Kent Paterson Mexico, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Amid bots, bombast and border bullying, Mexico’s general election campaign kicked off March 1. An estimated 98.9

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A Message From the Border

2024-03-03 Rich Wright Immigration, Mexico, Migration, Slider 2 comments

Check out this letter that appeared in the New York Times print edition, and on NYTImes.com: To the Editor: Re

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Humphrey Bogart in “In a Lonely Place”

2024-03-03 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Historical Spanish

2024-03-03 Rich Wright Uncategorized Leave a comment

From NYTimes.com: In most of the Spanish-speaking world, the principal ways to say “you” are the casual “tú,” and the

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“The Spy Who Saved D-Day”

2024-03-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Business as Usual

2024-02-29 Rich Wright El Paso County, Law Enforcement, Sheriff, Slider 3 comments

This story by Elida Perez on ElPasoMatters.com reveals that 4 of the 5 candidates for the Democrat nomination for Sheriff

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A Homegrown City Manager?

2024-02-27 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Joyce Wilson, Oscar Leeser, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Two weeks ago City Council rejected Mayor Oscar Leeser’s proposal to restrict the search for a City Manager to locals.

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More From Joyce

2024-02-26 Rich Wright Arrogance, City Council, Joyce Wilson, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

Here’s another email that disgraced former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser: Since the 2012 Quality of

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Impact Fees, Annunciation House, and Tropicana Homes

2024-02-26 Rich Wright Politics, Slider One comment

Here’s an great article from Diego Mendoza-Moyers at ElPasoMatters.com about the subsidies El Paso taxpayers give to local home builders.

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Humphrey Bogart in “Tokyo Joe”

2024-02-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Panic of 1066”

2024-02-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Revisiting the 2012 Quality of Life Bond Promotion

2024-02-24 Rich Wright Borderplex Alliance, Downtown, Economic Development, Joyce Wilson, Local Heroes, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The Arena One comment

Debbie Nathan was a local hero. She’s still a hero, but she’s not local anymore. Ms. Nathan is an accomplished

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Another Reason We’re Doomed

2024-02-23 Rich Wright Economic Development, Slider, Workforce Solutions Borderplex 3 comments

Leila Martinez has it figured it out, according to this ElPasoTimes.com article: Upskilling. That’s what El Paso’s workforce needs to

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The Failure of the 2012 Quality of Life Projects

2024-02-22 Rich Wright Arrogance, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Downtown, Joyce Wilson, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

They promised us economic development. They promised us a vibrant downtown. They promised us a minimal increase in property taxes.

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What Joyce Said

2024-02-21 Rich Wright Arrogance, El Paso Matters, Gensler, Joyce Wilson, Media, Slider, The Arena 4 comments

Here’s the email that former City Manager Joyce Wilson sent to Mayor Oscar Leeser last week: Even though I’ve been

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“I think we deserve a 14,000 seat arena.”

2024-02-20 Rich Wright Art Fierro, Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria, Joyce Wilson, Slider, The Arena One comment

That’s what District 6 Representative Art Fierro was quoted as saying in this ElPasoTimes.com article. Why? Have we been misbehaving?

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“The Anderson Tapes”

2024-02-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

Featuring Sean Connery and introducing Christopher Walken

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“Zhukow – Marshal of the Soviet Union”

2024-02-17 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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