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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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A Little Corrupt

2023-05-12 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, Corruption, Slider 3 comments

As the famous Jewish philosopher said, “If I can’t trust you with gas cards, how can I trust you with

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A Tax By Any Other Name

2023-05-10 Max Grossman Cesar Blanco, Claudia Ordaz, Joe Moody, Lina Ortega, Mary Gonzalez, Slider, Widening I-10 4 comments

by Max Grossman On May 3, the Texas House passed HB 78, which would increase the registration fee for a

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“Leave Her to Heaven”

2023-05-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Frankie Boyle’s Farewell to the Monarchy”

2023-05-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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About Gassandragate

2023-05-05 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Corruption, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Yesterday I went to the City of El Paso’s Financial Oversight Audit Committee’s meeting at City Hall. It was great.

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“Gone, Fishing”

2023-05-05 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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El Chuco and The Rock

2023-05-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso One comment

From InsideTheMagic.net: Actor Dwayne Johnson is being sued in a massive $3 billion lawsuit, and the case just made progress

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Cassandra Hernandez and Gasgate

2023-05-04 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Last night I got this email from Max Grossman: The Financial Oversight and Audit Committee (FOAC) will be meeting tomorrow

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“Untold History of the United States: Bush, Obama and the age of terror”

2023-04-29 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Normality”

2023-04-28 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Climate Town — “The Troll Army of Big Oil”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Climate Town, Video Leave a comment
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“The Secret Life of a Female Yakuza Boss”

2023-04-27 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Video Leave a comment
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Buried in Debt

2023-04-25 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

I lifted this image from the FY2023 City of El Paso Budget Book: You’ll notice that this year we payed

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Community First Coalition Voting Guide

2023-04-24 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 3 comments

Here’s a voting guide prepared by the Community First Coalition. The Community First Coalition is made up of local organizations

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Max Grossman: 318 BANKRUPTCIES IN EL PASO FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, UP 32.5% OVER LAST YEAR

2023-04-20 Max Grossman Max Grossman, Slider, The Economy 2 comments

by Max Grossman According to today’s issue of the Paso del Norte Economic Indicator Review of the Hunt Institute for Global

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My Take: About the City’s New Bond Rating

2023-04-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

by Rich Wright I get it. If you can believe everything the City is telling us (always a dubious proposition),

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Max Grossman: About a New Bond Rating for the City

2023-04-18 Max Grossman Cassandra Hernandez, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

by Max Grossman Luisa Barrios of KTSM 9 News broke the “news” on Thursday that the Kroll Bond Rating Agency

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New Podcast Episode: What’s Up With Prop I?

2023-04-17 Rich Wright El Chuqueño Presents Leave a comment

What’s Prop I? From ElPasoMatters.com: El Paso voters are being asked to decide whether the city should lift a long-time

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Who Is Behind the Prop K Propaganda?

2023-04-12 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, Elections, Slider, The Environment One comment

We the people are supposed to know who is financing election high jinks. There are laws for that. Unfortunately, the

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Tollgate Canyon, New Mexico

2023-04-11 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

by John Mulhouse Take the Flat Way Home If you’re reading this it means I’ve managed to successfully upload the

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  • David Dunaway on We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • Richard Moore on We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • LOUIS HEAD on Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
  • F.A. Sommerfeld on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • JerryK on El Paso is Falling
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  • John G. Dungan on Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • Richard Moore on People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?
  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

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