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  • Can’t We Just Wait?

    2025-11-09 Rich Wright

    Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with the

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  • “The Sniper”

    2025-11-09 elrichiboy
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  • “Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

    2025-11-08 elrichiboy
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  • “Deadfall”

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  • Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

    2025-11-01 elrichiboy

    With music by David Romo.

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  • Bullfight Tonight!

    2025-10-31 Rich Wright

    The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner is El Zapata. From LaPrensa.org,

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  • Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

    2025-10-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

    2025-10-25 elrichiboy
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  • “EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

    2025-10-23 Bob Chessey

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

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  • Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

    2025-10-20 Rich Wright

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

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  • “The Other Woman”

    2025-10-19 elrichiboy
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  • “The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

    2025-10-18 elrichiboy

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

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“Phantom Lady”

2022-11-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The JockStrap Raiders”

2022-11-18 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Tales from the Tour Bus: Blaze Foley Intro

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Alan Gogoll – “Mulberry Mouse”

2022-11-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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City of Dust – The Albuquerque Rail Yards

2022-11-16 John Mulhouse City of Dust, Slider One comment

by John Mulhouse Train I Ride The Albuquerque Rail Yards are a massive complex sprawling over 27.3 acres and sitting

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60 Minutes – “Buses from the Border: New York strained by migrants caught in a broken system”

2022-11-16 elrichiboy Immigration, Slider, Venezuela Leave a comment
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The Half House

2022-11-15 elrichiboy History Leave a comment

Trish Long talks about the Shanghai Grocery in this piece in the El Paso Times: The Shanghai Grocery was located

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Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue – SNL

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Chris Canales for District 8

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Elections Leave a comment

After careful consideration of the two candidates vying to be our next City Representative for District 8, I have decided

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“The Long Haul”

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The Brandenberger Family – “The Unclouded Day”

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Thank You.

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 9 comments

Well, the election has come and gone and I’m not on that train. A lot of you have expressed condolences.

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Vice News – “From Texas to New York on a Migrant Bus”

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The Rise of the Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else

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“Child of Wood”

2022-11-11 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Tales from the Tour Bus: Four Miles to Fort Myers”

2022-11-07 elrichiboy Tales from the Tour Bus Leave a comment
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The City’s ED Policy is a Mess

2022-11-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes One comment

No, not Erectile Dysfunction. That’s a separate discussion all together. Economic Development. The City’s Economic Development policies are designed to

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Election Night Viewing Party

2022-11-06 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 5 comments

First I’d like to thank everyone who brought me this far in this year’s election. Thank you to the donors,

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District 8 Small Businesses Support Rich Wright

2022-11-05 Rich Wright Political Advertisement, Slider 2 comments

They mean business! And they support Rich Wright for City Representative for District 8. And many more!

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History Showcase this Saturday

2022-11-04 Rich Wright History, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a local history showcase with El Paso history all-stars.

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