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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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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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El hermano mayor.

2023-10-24 Rich Wright Juarez, Mexico, Slider, Surveillance Leave a comment

Check out this promotional video for Torre Centinela: No, it’s not a sci-fi movie about a near future dystopia. That

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Barbs along the Rio Grande

2023-10-20 Kent Paterson Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson A pleasant and quiet day prevailed just above the International Dam on the Rio Grande near the

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All You Need to Know About Prop 11

2023-10-17 elrichiboy Elections, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

From Ballotpedia.com: The measure would amend section 59 of Article 16 of the Texas Constitution to authorize the state legislature

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“Two of a Kind’

2023-10-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Great Awakening”

2023-10-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The Sacred Cows

2023-10-14 Rich Wright Politics, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright Every election year you hear it. “Is this the best we can do?” For president, we’ve got

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Community First Coalition’s TIRZ Panel Discussion

2023-10-12 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, TIRZs One comment

Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones are a dubiously effective economic development tool. In El Paso, TIRZs are used to deprive the

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“Heat Wave”

2023-10-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Power of Wall Street – Who Rules America”

2023-10-07 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The New Chief

2023-10-04 Rich Wright Chief Greg Allen, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider 5 comments

by Rich Wright From ElPasoTimes.com: Peter Pacillas was named the permanent chief of the El Paso Police Department after a

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“I’m Too Busy for This”

2023-10-03 elrichiboy Immigration, Juarez, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Migration, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a story from FrankNews about what happens to some of your El Paso neighbors. It’s strange. Something’s happening. It’s

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“Shadow of the Thin Man”

2023-10-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“China vs. United States”

2023-09-30 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Rat Park and Addiction

2023-09-27 elrichiboy Media, Perspectives, Science, Slider Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 04 September 2018. What are the factors that contribute to drug abuse and addiction? We

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An Open Letter to El Paso’s Mayor and City Council

2023-09-25 Max Grossman City Council, Downtown Historic District, Heritage Tourism, Slider 2 comments

from Max Grossman Dear Mayor and City Council, In 2017, the El Paso County Commissioners Court conducted an architectural survey

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Earth, Wind & Fire – September

2023-09-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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City of El Paso Strategic Communications Director LAURA CRUZ-ACOSTA BARS MEDIA FROM INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES FOR POLICE CHIEF

2023-09-19 Max Grossman City Management, El Paso Police Department, Laura Cruz-Acosta, Slider One comment

by Max Grossman Those in our media who have had contact with the City’s Director of Strategic Communications, Laura Cruz-Acosta,

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Bait and Switch

2023-09-19 Rich Wright Bridge of the Americas, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Veronica Escobar 3 comments

by Rich Wright From KTSM.com: The federal government plans to spend up to $700 million on an expansion of the

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TOTAL DEBT OF OUR FIVE TAXING ENTITIES EXCEEDS $5.1 BILLION!

2023-09-19 Max Grossman City Council, City Management, Commissioners Court, Debt, EPISD, Slider, Taxes One comment

by Max Grossman Our property tax consists of the combined levies of five local taxing entities. If you live within the

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John Ford’s “They Were Expendable” with Robert Montgomery and John Wayne

2023-09-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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