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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 elrichiboy

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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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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City of Dust “Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History” Wall Calendar

2022-11-20 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

by John Mulhouse It’s almost Thanksgiving and that must mean it’s time for the 2023 City of Dust “Abandoned New

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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

2022-11-17 elrichiboy Slider, Tales from the Tour Bus Leave a comment
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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”

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Brandenberger Family – “The Unclouded Day”

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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”

2022-11-13 elrichiboy Migration, Slider Leave a comment
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The Rise of the Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else

2022-11-12 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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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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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • “Cry Vegeance”
  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”
  • Our Surveillance State
  • Alec Guiness in “The Detective”

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