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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

    2026-07-30 Guest Column

    By Dylan Corbett, Special to El Paso Matters. Our city stands at a turning point. Schools are closing. Young people are leaving. The global economy

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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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“The Scarlet Hour”

2026-03-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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El Paso is Falling

2026-03-13 Rich Wright El Paso, City Council, El Paso Electric Company, El Paso Police Department, El Paso Water, EPISD, Slider 2 comments

The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the

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“Writing Doom” – Award-Winning Short Film on Superintelligence

2026-03-10 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

2026-03-08 Rich Wright Corruption, El Paso Police Department, Slider Leave a comment

Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the

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Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

2026-03-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

2026-03-07 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched

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The Biggest Campaign of the Season

2026-03-02 Rich Wright Politics, Slider, UTEP 2 comments

The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the

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“The Black Arrow”

2026-03-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Economic Undevelopment

2026-02-25 Rich Wright Economic Development, El Paso, Slider One comment

According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs

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Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

2026-02-23 Kent Paterson Breaking News, Mexico, Slider 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22,

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Kirk Douglas in Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole”

2026-02-22 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Where Texas Begins”

2026-02-21 Rich Wright Visit El Paso, Slider, Travel Leave a comment

The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where

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Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

2026-02-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“You’re Fired!”

2026-02-14 Rich Wright Politics, Slider Leave a comment

Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again,

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“YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

2026-02-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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“Love in a Man’s World”

2026-02-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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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”

2026-02-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“Complete History of Cocaine: The Power That Corrupted Dynasties and more”

2026-01-31 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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