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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 elrichiboy

    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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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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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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The Bus Boys – Minimum Wage

2022-01-19 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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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Districting Commission Meets Jan 12

2022-01-11 elrichiboy Redistricting, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a gentle reminder that the City’s Districting Commission meets today, January 12, at 4:00 in Council Chambers in City

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James Hand – Over There That’s Frank

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Plot Twist – Duranguito Arena Back in Play

2022-01-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Remember that, way back on November 9, the El Paso City Council directed City Manager Tommy Gonzalez to put the

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  • Talli Nauman on March Meeting, Reports Flag Paso del Norte Air Pollution Trouble Spots
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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”
  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”
  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

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