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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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“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

2022-01-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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

2022-01-11 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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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Barrio Chamizal

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Sunday Matinee – Rope of Sand

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Tenebrae – Os Justi

2022-01-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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30 Years With the Yakuza

2022-01-08 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Dealing With the Plague

2022-01-07 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Slider, Unpopular Opinion 12 comments

My personal physician and bodyguard had this to say: We should just do away with masking and social distancing and

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Penny and Paul

2022-01-07 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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La Trinchera

2022-01-05 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano, Movie Night Leave a comment
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Snowflake Tommy Gonzalez Doesn’t “Feel Comfortable”

2022-01-05 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Karla Nieman, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? There won’t be any weather- or fire-protection for damaged buildings inside the fenced

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The Democrats’ Problem

2022-01-04 elrichiboy Elections, Politics, Slider 5 comments

The midterms are right around the corner, and the Democrats have not kept a lot of Joe Biden’s campaign promises.

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Night

2022-01-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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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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