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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

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

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

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

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

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

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

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

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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The Ongoing War

2022-03-31 Rich Wright Slider, Uncategorized 4 comments

At last Tuesday’s City Council meeting, City Staff wanted to renege on a promise the City made to El Pasoans

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Circle the Wagons

2022-03-28 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Did I ever mention that the El Paso City Government, the Chamber of Commerce, and MountainStar Sports have declared war

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Trevor Howard in Golden Salamander (1950)

2022-03-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Sidney Poitier – Amen

2022-03-27 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Dublin Whiskey Flood

2022-03-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Cesar Chavez Day at Lincoln Park

2022-03-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment
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Adios, David Jerome

2022-03-25 Rich Wright Chamber of Commerce, City Management, Slider 3 comments

From the El Paso Times: David Jerome, who has been the El Paso Chamber’s chief executive officer for just over four years,

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Capitalism In Action

2022-03-25 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Migration, Slider One comment

Walking across the Santa Fe Street bridge in the old days, like pre-pandemic, sometimes you’d have to stop to let

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Friday Short – The OceanMaker

2022-03-25 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Luis Buñuel’s Èl

2022-03-22 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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And the Hits Keep Coming

2022-03-22 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

More good news, from ElPasoMatters.com : The Public Service Board voted unanimously Wednesday to ask El Paso City Council to

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City of Dust – Holbrook, Arizona

2022-03-21 elrichiboy City of Dust Leave a comment

Bucket of Blood Street, USA The sun was slowly setting over the Petrified Forest, giant slabs of ancient wood and

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George Bancroft and Fay Wray in Thunderbolt (1929)

2022-03-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Pentatonix – Hallelujah

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Frontline – Putin’s Road to War

2022-03-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Arcade Fire – The Lightning I, II

2022-03-18 elrichiboy Music 2 comments
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Next to Last Call for Redistricting

2022-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, Redistricting, Slider One comment

As you probably know, the City of El Paso is in the throes of redrawing district boundaries. The City Charter

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Luis Aguilar and Lucha Villa in “Agarrando Parejo”

2022-03-15 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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El Ojo del Chuco

2022-03-15 elrichiboy History, Juarez 2 comments

This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled

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2CELLOS – Thunderstruck

2022-03-14 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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