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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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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold

2022-08-10 Kent Paterson Immigration, International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider 4 comments

By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a

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“El Amor No Es Ciego”

2022-08-09 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Traffic Studies

2022-08-09 Rich Wright Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 Leave a comment

“It’s the most congested part of the freeway,” they say. I took that picture up there this morning (Tuesday, August

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Big Fibbers at City Hall Redux

2022-08-08 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Somehow I missed the point of City Manager Tommy Gonzalez’ press release about the new budget. When Tommy Gonzalez was

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“The Dark Past”

2022-08-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Can I Give You a Yard Sign?

2022-08-06 elrichiboy Political Advertisement, Slider 4 comments

Do you live in, or near, District 8? Do you have a business in District 8? (The district boundaries recently

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“The Reality of Truth”

2022-08-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Big Fibbers at City Hall

2022-08-04 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Claudia Lizette Rodriguez, Isabel Salcido, Liar Liar, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

In a recent guest column at ElPasoTimes.com, Representatives Hernandez, Salcido, and Rodriguez wrote the following: The city of El Paso

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More Harder Times

2022-08-04 elrichiboy El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

From USAToday.com: Gannett, owner of USA TODAY and local news operations in 45 states, [including the El Paso Times] reported

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The Woman in the Hall

2022-07-31 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Johnny Cash – “I Saw the Light”

2022-07-31 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Harvest of the Poor: The Illegal Kidney Market

2022-07-30 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Defending the Big River

2022-07-28 Kent Paterson El Paso Water, Slider, The Environment 2 comments

by Kent Paterson Every river searches for the seaEvery life runs its own destinyCanyons white and wild stretches calm and

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Joni Mitchell – “Both Sides Now”

2022-07-26 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in “Arch of Triumph”

2022-07-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Il Divo – “Amazing Grace”

2022-07-24 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Rich Wright for District 8 Campaign Launch Party

2022-07-23 elrichiboy Political Advertisement 10 comments

I am having the official Rich Wright for District 8 campaign launch party next Thursday, July 28, at Hope &

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“The Playboy King of Thailand”

2022-07-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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$315,394.54 in Campaign Donations

2022-07-22 elrichiboy Elections, Politics Leave a comment

That’s how much Joe Pickett has in his campaign coffer for his run against incumbent Isabel Salcido for her seat

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Hermanos Gutiérrez – “El Bueno y El Malo”

2022-07-20 elrichiboy Music 2 comments

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  • “Surprise Witness”
  • “Four Dead in Five Seconds”
  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?
  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

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