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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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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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Blame It On the Strategic Plan

2022-02-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Strategic Plan, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

If you want to know what’s wrong with governance in El Paso, you have to look no further than the

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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Tribute to George Harrison

2022-02-07 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Regressive Nature of Property Taxes

2022-02-06 Rich Wright Economics, Inequality, Taxes 4 comments

Let’s look at wealth. For a working man, or woman, most of their wealth is represented by their homes. Homes

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Olivia de Havilland in The Dark Mirror

2022-02-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Chester DT Baldwin – I still Hear Mama Praying

2022-02-06 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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H. G. Wells – Time Traveler

2022-02-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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My Letter to the Malcolm Baldridge Foundation

2022-02-04 Rich Wright City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Hi y’all, I see where El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez received the E David Spong Lifetime Achievement Award from

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Friday Short – The Boogeys

2022-02-04 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Louis Prima – Night Train

2022-02-03 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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City of Dust’s John Mulhouse on Ghost Towns of New Mexico

2022-02-02 elrichiboy City of Dust, Video Leave a comment
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Unqualified Doctors at El Paso Children’s Hospital?

2022-02-01 Rich Wright El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider 2 comments

ElPasoPolitics.com reports on some of the shenanigans going on at the El Paso Children’s Hospital: Thomas Mayes is a pediatric

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Downtown in the Age of COVID

2022-01-31 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Downtown, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 7 comments

Making downtown vibrant was always a tough task. COVID made it harder. Sealed office buildings where the windows don’t open?

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Si Yo Fuera Millonario

2022-01-25 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Districting Meeting Wednesday, January 26

2022-01-25 elrichiboy Redistricting, Slider One comment

The Distrticting Commission meets tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Council Chambers. Also, the Districting Commission is having regular meetings in

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Resistance is Futile

2022-01-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

On November 9, City Council directed the City Manager to take another look at the arena that the City is

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Richard Conte in The Big Tip Off

2022-01-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Shock Doctrine

2022-01-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Implant

2022-01-21 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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City of Dust – Twin Arrows, Arizona

2022-01-20 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

A couple of years ago I wrote about Two Guns, Arizona, an old Route 66 trading post with a history

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Stephen Colbert – Rich People. They’re Just Not Like Us.

2022-01-20 elrichiboy Video One comment
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