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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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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

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Friday Short – Implant

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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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The Bus Boys – Minimum Wage

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Luis Aguilar in El Muchacho Alegre

2022-01-18 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano, Movie Night Leave a comment
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Vox – “The Dark History of ‘Gasoline Baths’ at the Border”

2022-01-18 elrichiboy History, Local Heroes, Slider Leave a comment

Local legend Dr. David Romo hipped me and contributed to this disturbing history of El Paso.

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The Minimum Wage

2022-01-18 elrichiboy Economic Development, Economics, New Mexico, Slider Leave a comment

On January 1, New Mexico’s minimum wage went to $11.50 an hour. That’s right. A minimum wage job in Sunland

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“Washington, D.C., Has an Insider Trading Problem”

2022-01-17 elrichiboy Corruption, Ethics, Politics, Slider One comment

From NYMag.com: The central bankers running the U.S. Federal Reserve are the closest thing we have to gods of the

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Sunday Matinee – The File On Thelma Jordon

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Dolly Parton – I am a Seeker

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Is There a Lawyer In the House?

2022-01-12 elrichiboy City Management, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

If City Council decided to fire City Manager Tommy Gonzalez for not doing his job, and he fought his termination

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COVID Testing

2022-01-12 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider Leave a comment

Say you’ve got symptoms. Chills. Fever. Muscle aches. Are you going to get tested? The word on the street is

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Hemp Fights COVID

2022-01-12 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Marijuana, Slider One comment

From OregonState.edu: Hemp compounds identified by Oregon State University research via a chemical screening technique invented at OSU show the

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Tin Tan in El Rey del Barrio

2022-01-11 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano, Movie Night Leave a comment
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