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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

    2026-05-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Stone Age Temple Mystery”

    2026-05-02 elrichiboy
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  • UTEP’s Professional College Athletes

    2026-04-27 Rich Wright

    “Hookers and a Camaro aren’t going to cut it anymore.” — My friend Mora I think UTEP should be a big party school, because it’s

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  • “Surprise Witness”

    2026-04-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”

    2026-04-25 elrichiboy
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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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“Love in a Man’s World”

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Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

2026-02-07 Kent Paterson Mexico, Politics, Slider Leave a comment

by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That

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MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez History, International Relations, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of

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Frank Capra’s “American Madness”

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“Complete History of Cocaine: The Power That Corrupted Dynasties and more”

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Gone Fishing

2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E. Cafe Cotera la Magazin Fronteriza, Essays, Slider One comment

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

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The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

2026-01-27 Rich Wright Courts, Slider 2 comments

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

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“How We Make Hope Normal Again”

2026-01-26 elrichiboy Politics, Slider, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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“Nightfall”

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Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

2026-01-25 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, sports Leave a comment

ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract

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“The Dark Story of How America Destroyed The Gilded Age”

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Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

2026-01-23 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the

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Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

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“The Gilded Age”

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An “Unprecedented” Event

2026-01-13 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Public Service Board, Slider, The Environment, Water One comment

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

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The Primary Elections

2026-01-12 Rich Wright Elections, Slider One comment

I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to

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“Between Midnight and Dawn”

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“That one night in jail at El Paso was tough.” | The Man in Black’s El Paso Drug Bust

2026-01-09 Bob Chessey Uncategorized Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey (Unless otherwise noted, information is based on March 2, 2010 interview by author with retired El Paso

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“This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

2026-01-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Shopping South El Paso Street

2025-12-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our

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