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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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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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The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

2025-08-08 Rich Wright Crime, History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If

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What Redistricting Means to El Paso

2025-08-07 Rich Wright Politics, Slider, Uncategorized 2 comments

From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map.

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“Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

2025-08-06 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment
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Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

2025-08-04 Rich Wright Deck Park, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider Leave a comment

Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as

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“Trapped”

2025-08-03 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

2025-08-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

2025-07-31 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider One comment

So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a

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Garbage Revisited

2025-07-29 Rich Wright Dumpsters, Environmental Services Department, Slider Leave a comment

Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services?

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The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

2025-07-28 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 2 comments

The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected

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“He Walked by Night”

2025-07-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Evolution of Life with David Attneborough”

2025-07-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

2025-07-24 Rich Wright City Council, El Paso Matters, Media, Renard Johnson, Slider 4 comments

An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly

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Sunwest Seafood Sales

2025-07-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,

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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-07-22 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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Who Killed El Paso?

2025-07-21 Rich Wright ballpark, Economic Development, population, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 5 comments

El Paso’s population growth used to be robust. Right up till 2012. From 2010 to 2012, the population of the

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Cary Grant in “Mr. Lucky”

2025-07-20 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Tunnel Houses: Living in an Ultra-thin Tube”

2025-07-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Earl Grant “Autumn Leaves”

2025-07-18 elrichiboy Juarez, Music, Slider Leave a comment
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La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez

2025-07-17 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 10 comments

You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La

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Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?

2025-07-15 Kent Paterson International Relations, Mexico, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back

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