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

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

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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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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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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 Economics, Economic Development, 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

2022-01-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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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

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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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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”
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  • “Jigsaw”

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