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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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David Romo vs. Adair Margo

2021-11-20 elrichiboy History, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

From Adair Margo’s guest column in the El Paso Times: Since 2016, a falsehood has been spread nationwide about El

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Saturday Matinee – The Man Who Knew Too Much

2021-11-20 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Green Luck

2021-11-19 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Dead South – People Are Strange

2021-11-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Max For the Win!

2021-11-15 elrichiboy El Paso Times, Slider, The Arena 5 comments

Recently, “Former First Lady” Adair Margo wrote a guest column for the El Paso Times. Since 2016, a falsehood has

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Sunday Matinee – Akira Kurosawa’s Drunken Angel

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Hezekiah Walker – Every Praise

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Saturday Matinee – America’s Broken Dream: The Middle-Class Families Living in Motels

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Friday Short – Oblivio

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Are We Finally Getting Good Government?

2021-11-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown Historic District, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Or is it a trick? From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council met Tuesday to once again discuss whether seek to

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Amateurs From Kalamazoo

2021-11-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider Leave a comment

From a Time.com article, titled Two Rich Men Decided to Fund a Failing City. Some People Say They Made It

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The City of Dust Web Store is Now Open!

2021-11-09 elrichiboy City of Dust 2 comments

Frequent contributor John Mulhouse has opened a City of Dust webstore. There, you can order Mr. Mulhouse’s books, as well

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What Do You Want From City Government?

2021-11-09 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

The types at City Hall think City Government should be a growth industry. So do the people that benefit from

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Sunday Matinee – Hollywood Story

2021-11-07 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Chime the Eff Up

2021-11-07 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Isabel Salcido, Laura Cruz-Acosta, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 12 July 2021. Did you take the City of El Paso’s budget survey? It was

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Oliver Schnyder – J. S. Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring

2021-11-07 elrichiboy Uncategorized 5 comments
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City Spin

2021-11-06 elrichiboy City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

ElPasoMatters.com has A Q&A with Joe Pickett on his upcoming run for City Council, in which City City spokesperson Laura

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Saturday Matinee – The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

2021-11-06 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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What’s Next? After Voters Reject Albuquerque Soccer Stadium Bond

2021-11-05 elrichiboy MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Trench 3 comments

From Albuquerque’s channel 13, KRQE.com: After voters soundly rejected the idea of a publicly financed soccer stadium, New Mexico United

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The Worms Turn

2021-11-05 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Gensler, Henry Rivera, Isabel Salcido, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 3 comments

Did you see this item from Monday’s City Council Work Session agenda? Discussion and action on the development of cost

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