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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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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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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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“Potatoes – South America’s Gift to the World”

2023-04-08 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Mary Pickford in D.W. Griffith’s “Friends”

2023-04-07 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Día de San Ricardo

2023-04-03 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Today is the feast day of Saint Richard, or, as we say en español, el día de San Ricardo. So

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Our Forecast Budget Shortfall

2023-04-03 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Look up at that graph there. I lifted it from the budget presentation that the City gave to City Council

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“Bad Blonde”

2023-04-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Trials of Henry Kissinger”

2023-04-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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A Wonderful Life?

2023-03-31 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Strategic Plan of the City of El Paso – A Critique

2023-03-28 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Strategic Plan 2 comments

It’s good to have a plan. Like the Cheshire Cat said to Alice, if you don’t know where you’re going,

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“Trouble Is My Business”

2023-03-26 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Pandora Papers”

2023-03-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“The Palm Beach Story”

2023-03-22 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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God Bless Dee Margo

2023-03-20 Rich Wright Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 2 comments

Poor Dee Margo. He is completely out of touch. Here’s a paragraph from his recent response to an open letter

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“Stolen Face”

2023-03-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“A Plant’s World: The Intelligence of Plants”

2023-03-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Report From Juarez

2023-03-15 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

I am an accidental witness to recent turmoil in Juarez. Last Wednesday I walked into a riot. I was looking

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“Railroaded”

2023-03-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision — Economic Impact

2023-03-11 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, Slider Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 17 January 2017. What do you think has more effect on the El Paso economy.

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“Fortissimo”

2023-03-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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The 10th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2023-03-08 elrichiboy El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement 2 comments

Ten years ago today, on March 8, 2013, handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz was shot in the back by El Paso

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“Lots of Empty Spaces”

2023-03-07 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, population, Slider 7 comments

Here’s a story from the El Paso Times headlined Downtown El Paso’s vacant buildings await next wave of redevelopment: Lots

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”
  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

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