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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • The Traditional Barbershops of Juárez

    2026-08-19 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell In many American cities, the great barbershop tradition is being replaced by heavily marketed, generic chain shops. While these corporate establishments are

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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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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  • 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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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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An “Unprecedented” Event

2026-01-13 Rich Wright El Paso Water, Public Service Board, Slider, The Environment, Water One comment

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

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The Primary Elections

2026-01-12 Rich Wright Elections, Slider One comment

I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to

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“Between Midnight and Dawn”

2026-01-11 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“That one night in jail at El Paso was tough.” | The Man in Black’s El Paso Drug Bust

2026-01-09 Bob Chessey Uncategorized Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey (Unless otherwise noted, information is based on March 2, 2010 interview by author with retired El Paso

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“This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

2026-01-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Shopping South El Paso Street

2025-12-22 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Slider One comment

South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our

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“Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

2025-12-21 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

2025-12-20 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

2025-12-17 Rich Wright The Environment, Economic Development, Project Jupiter, Slider, Water Leave a comment

Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New

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Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

2025-12-14 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

2025-12-13 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The New York Times on Project Jupiter

2025-12-11 elrichiboy New Mexico, Project Jupiter, Slider Leave a comment

NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there

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The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

2025-12-06 Kent Paterson CRRUA, Project Jupiter, Slider, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has

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Retrovision: The Problem With TIRZs

2025-12-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 10 February 2023. Part of the reason that property taxes are so high in the

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Solving the City’s Budget Problem: Let’s Get Rid of the TIRZs

2025-12-02 Rich Wright Slider, City Council, City Management, Debt, Dionne Mack, Joyce Wilson, Renard Johnson, Robert Cortinas, Taxes, TIRZs 4 comments

Did you see last week that the City Manager wanted to charge every house and business in El Paso a

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“The Second Woman”

2025-11-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Siberia: The Coldest Place on Earth”

2025-11-29 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Higher Border Water Rates, Donut Holes and a Thorny Divorce in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa

2025-11-25 Kent Paterson CRRUA, El Paso, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Customers of the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA) in the New Mexico border communities of Sunland

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Big Brother is Watching

2025-11-24 Rich Wright Uncategorized, Law Enforcement Leave a comment

Here’s a comforting story from EFF.org, the website of the Electronic Frontier Foundation: Through an analysis of 10 months of

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Again, Who’s the New Guy?

2025-11-23 elrichiboy If it didn't probably happen, then I wouldn't have to talk about it, Slider Leave a comment

I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on,

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