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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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Bullfight Tonight!

2025-10-31 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner

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Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

2025-10-26 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

2025-10-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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“EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

2025-10-23 Bob Chessey Culture, El Paso, History, Music, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,”

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The Russians Are Coming!

2025-10-22 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music Leave a comment

Igor and the Red Elvises are performing at the Sunset Parlor, 1307 N. Oregon, at 7:30, on Tuesday, November 18.

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Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

2025-10-20 Rich Wright Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s

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“The Other Woman”

2025-10-19 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

2025-10-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment

Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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Who’s the New Guy?

2025-10-17 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso One comment

The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade

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“Dressed to Kill”

2025-10-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Trump and the FBI”

2025-10-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

2025-10-07 Kent Paterson Slider, The Environment, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a

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Diminishing El Paso

2025-10-06 Rich Wright Economic Development, population, Slider, Urban Planning Leave a comment

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue

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“Highway Dragnet”

2025-10-05 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

2025-10-04 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Ouch!

2025-10-03 Rich Wright El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not

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Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

2025-10-01 Rich Wright Culture, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider One comment

While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at

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The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

2025-09-30 Rich Wright Deck Park, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 7 comments

Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on

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“Park Plaza 605”

2025-09-28 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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