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  • “Deadfall”

    2025-11-02 elrichiboy
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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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  • Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-10-17 Rich Wright

    Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing organizations. In response to the

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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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“Sleepy Joe” to Blame for High Gas Prices? | HasanAbi reacts to Climate Town

2022-06-23 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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Public Meeting Tonight About the Arena

2022-06-23 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Downtown Management District, Gensler, The Arena 4 comments

There is a public meeting tonight at 5:30 to discuss the economic impact of the downtown arena. The meeting will

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Another Sunny Day – You Should All Be Murdered

2022-06-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Bernie’s Message to Fox News Viewers”

2022-06-23 elrichiboy Inequality, Perspectives One comment
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Retrovision – Blame It On the Strategic Plan

2022-06-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 07 February 2022. If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso,

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More Good News From EPISD

2022-06-22 Rich Wright EPISD, Slider, Taxes 5 comments

From KVIA.com: The El Paso Independent School District board is expected to vote on increasing teachers’ salaries by 5% —

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Pedro Infante in “La Vida No Vale Nada”

2022-06-21 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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The (Migrant) Season of Death is Upon Us

2022-06-21 Kent Paterson Mexico, Migration, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson  Summer Solstice should be a time for celebration. But for many desperate migrants attempting to enter the

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Juarez Walking Tour on The Royal Tour

2022-06-20 elrichiboy Juarez 3 comments

From the TheRoyalTourBlog.com: “Call me as soon as you’re back across the border,” said my mother. “Text me every hour,”

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San Antonio’s Development Problems

2022-06-20 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 4 comments

From the Washington Post: Visitors entering Rebecca Flores’s San Antonio home pass a sepia-toned photo of her large Tejano family

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Hal Roach’s “The Fabulous Joe”

2022-06-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Goldilocks”

2022-06-17 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Ciclovías de Ciudad Juárez ¿Que tan funcional son?”

2022-06-14 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment
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“The Mystery of the Dodelston Messages”

2022-06-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Training Wheels”

2022-06-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Pedro Infante in “El Gavilán Pollero”

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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“Towards an American Union”

2022-06-07 Vanessa Johnson Immigration, Slider 7 comments

by Vanessa Johnson From Frank News: In the spirit of the European Union and specifically the Schengen Agreement, I propose

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Place Your Bets

2022-06-07 elrichiboy Oscar Leeser, Peter Svarzbein, Slider 3 comments

District 1 Representative Peter Svarzbein filed a Code of Conduct complaint against Mayor Oscar Leeser today, according to this story

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Climate Town – Who Broke Gas Prices?

2022-06-06 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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How Jack Welch Ruined the World

2022-06-05 elrichiboy Business Leave a comment

From NYTimes.com: When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General

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