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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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Cerebrus – Tekilla

2022-02-19 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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

2022-02-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Hesperion XXI – Stella Splendens

2022-02-13 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Frontline – Boeing’s Fatal Flaw

2022-02-12 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Angel

2022-02-11 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi Leave a comment
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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 TxDOT, Slider, The Trench 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 Taxes, Economics, Inequality 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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