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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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Sunday Matinee – Assignment Paris

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Son House – John the Revelator

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Saturday Matinee – The Howlin’ Wolf Story

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Friday Short – Guide Me Home

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Movie Night – Jorge Negrete and Maria Felix in El Peñón de Las Ánimas

2021-12-21 elrichiboy Movie Night Leave a comment
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Will You Cross a Picket Line to Go To the Sun Bowl? (Updated)

2021-12-20 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider, sports One comment

From 3NewsNow.com, an Omaha, Nebraska, teevee station: Monday marks 11 weeks since hundreds of workers at the Kellogg’s plant in

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The Ongoing Environmental Disaster

2021-12-20 elrichiboy Slider, The Environment One comment

Since August 15, El Paso Water has been pumping raw sewage into the Rio Grande. Ten million gallons a day.

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Sunday Matinee – The Man With the Golden Arm

2021-12-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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God Bless Adair

2021-12-19 elrichiboy Adair Margo, Gensler, Heritage Tourism, History, Slider, The Arena 7 comments

“Former First Lady of El Paso” Adair Margo just won’t let it go. From a guest column in today’s El

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Barockmusik zum Advent

2021-12-19 elrichiboy Music 2 comments
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Old Sheepdog Brewery Releases Segundo Barrio Vienna Style Lager

2021-12-18 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider 3 comments
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Saturday Matinee – The Houses that Can’t be Built in America – The Missing Middle

2021-12-18 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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Friday Short – Floaters

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LatinX El Paso : Odyssey of a Mexican American/Hispanic Community by Oscar Martinez

2021-12-16 elrichiboy History, Media, Slider, Uncategorized 4 comments

Latinx El Paso provides a historical and contemporary overview of the Mexican American/Hispanic population in one of the major urban centers

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Vicente Fernandez in Dios Los Cría

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EPISD’s New Superintendent

2021-12-14 elrichiboy School Districts, Slider 5 comments

The El Paso Independent School District has a new Superintendent. From ElPasoMatters.com: The El Paso Independent School District Board of

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El Paso in Belgium

2021-12-13 elrichiboy Brand El Paso One comment

A Belgian amusement park has a ride called “El Paso”. Draw your own conclusions.

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The Economic Impact of Arenas: A Brief Survey

2021-12-13 elrichiboy Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Welfare for the Rich 9 comments

The El Paso City Council recently approved the following motion: “To direct the City Manager or designee to hire a

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Sunday Matinee – The Brasher Doubloon

2021-12-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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The Piano Guys – O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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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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