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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • “There Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron Lanier”

    2026-08-22 elrichiboy

    Jaron Lanier attended New Mexico State University, and (I think) Morehead Elementary.

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  • Alejandor Escovedo — “Always a Friend”

    2026-08-20 elrichiboy
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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

    So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a woman who rose to become

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  • “Passport to Suez”

    2026-08-23 elrichiboy
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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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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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Ballad of a Corrido, Part Two

2022-09-28 Bob Chessey History, Slider 2 comments

By Bob Chessey Gabriel Jara and “El Contrabando de El Paso” On the night of August 7, 1924, a somber

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More Water Parks Boondoggle

2022-09-27 elrichiboy Water Parks, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Max Grossman recently brought to light the uncomfortable fact that the water parks are losing millions of dollars every year.

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“Ship of Fools”

2022-09-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 4 comments
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Johnny Cash – “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”

2022-09-25 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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EL PASO WATER PARKS LOST $1.3 MILLION IN 2021, TO LOSE $3.4 MILLION IN 2022

2022-09-24 Max Grossman Water Parks, City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 12 comments

by Max Grossman Proposition 1 on the ballot of November 6, 2012 ballot authorized the issuance of $245,000,000 in general

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Neuromarketing: How Brands are Manipulating Your Brain

2022-09-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Dreams”

2022-09-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Questions Relocation Experts Ask Our City Manager

2022-09-22 elrichiboy City Council, Liar Liar, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Getting back to this KFOX interview with City Manager Tommy Gonzalez: “We’ve been successful in bringing different types of big-name

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Ciudad Juárez: Haitians in Limbo

2022-09-20 Kent Paterson Immigration, Juarez, Slider One comment

By Kent Paterson With his wife and small child seated nearby, Noel mused about the family’s round-about journey to the

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Feliz Cumple, Tin Tan!

2022-09-19 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment

Double Feature! La Marca Del Zorrillo and Soy Charro de Levita

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I Will Not Seek Endorsements

2022-09-19 elrichiboy Politics, Elections, Political Advertisement, Slider 5 comments

I’ve had a couple of groups reach out to me with questionnaires I could fill out to win their endorsements.

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What You’ll Get From the Arena

2022-09-19 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Gensler, Heritage Tourism, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 4 comments

Best case scenario: Collateral development. Maybe other businesses will spring up around the arena. Like what? When they were promoting

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Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Man Who Knew Too Much”

2022-09-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Foggy Mountain Quartet – “Are You Washed in the Blood”

2022-09-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“This is the Last Dam Run of Likker I’ll Ever Make.”

2022-09-17 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t Share Our Values

2022-09-16 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich One comment

The City can’t stop spending your money. Here’s a story from KFOXtv.com titled ‘We haven’t given up on Great Wolf

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“The Predestination Effect”

2022-09-16 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Ballad of a Corrido, Part One

2022-09-15 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two

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“Arena” Meeting TODAY at 5:30

2022-09-15 elrichiboy City Management, Gensler, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Surprise! CBS4Local reports that the City is hosting a meeting regarding the arena at 5:30 today in the large conference

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“Woman on the Run”

2022-09-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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