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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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What’s Best for El Paso

2022-02-19 Rich Wright Cesar Blanco, Deck Park, Lina Ortega, MountainStar Sports Group, The Trench, TxDOT, Veronica Escobar, Widening I-10 6 comments

Building the Borderland Expressway makes more sense for El Paso than widening the freeway downtown. If we removed the through

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Cerebrus – Tekilla

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Talking Heads – Life During Wartime

2022-02-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Gill

2022-02-18 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi Leave a comment
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Why Is It So Hard to File Your Income Tax?

2022-02-16 elrichiboy Taxes Leave a comment

From TheConversation.com: In 1985, President Ronald Reagan promised a “return-free” tax system in which half of all Americans would never

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Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime

2022-02-14 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Murder Is My Beat

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Hesperion XXI – Stella Splendens

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Frontline – Boeing’s Fatal Flaw

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Friday Short – Angel

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<3 Juárez

2022-02-11 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment
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Community Forum on Education Feb12

2022-02-10 elrichiboy Education 4 comments

Event:  Community Forum on Education Date:    Saturday, February 12, 2022 Time:   10 AM to 1 PM Place:  Jefferson/Silva

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The Future of I-10

2022-02-09 Rich Wright Slider, The Trench, TxDOT 3 comments

TxDOT has released a couple of proposals for the freeway downtown. They’re not pretty. Here’s a link (with an opportunity

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Clavillazo in El Chismoso de la Ventana

2022-02-08 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Book Presentation – Latinx El Paso: Odyssey of a Mexican American/Hispanic Community

2022-02-08 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, shows Leave a comment

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Oscar Martinez on his new book, Latinx El Paso: Odyssey of a Mexican

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Climate Town – All These Houses Suck

2022-02-08 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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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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  • LOUIS HEAD on Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
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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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