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

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

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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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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“Black Budget – The ENTIRE History of the CIA”

2025-11-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

2025-11-17 elrichiboy The Environment, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

“[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas

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“Harper”

2025-11-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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Red Elvises at Sunset Parlor this Tuesday

2025-11-15 elrichiboy shows, How to Live in El Paso, Music Leave a comment

Your favorite band brings it back to El Paso this Tuesday, at the Sunset Parlor.

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Thank the Taxpayers

2025-11-10 Rich Wright Commissioners Court, Ricardo Samaniego, Slider, Taxes One comment

Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and

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Can’t We Just Wait?

2025-11-09 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people

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“The Sniper”

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“Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

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“Deadfall”

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Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

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With music by David Romo.

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Bullfight Tonight!

2025-10-31 Rich Wright Slider, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner

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Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

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“Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

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“EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

2025-10-23 Bob Chessey History, Culture, El Paso, Music, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,”

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The Russians Are Coming!

2025-10-22 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music Leave a comment

Igor and the Red Elvises are performing at the Sunset Parlor, 1307 N. Oregon, at 7:30, on Tuesday, November 18.

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Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

2025-10-20 Rich Wright Economic Development, Brand El Paso, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s

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“The Other Woman”

2025-10-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

2025-10-18 elrichiboy Slider, Saturday Documentary Leave a comment

Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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Who’s the New Guy?

2025-10-17 Rich Wright Uncategorized, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso One comment

The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade

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El Chuqueño Lately

  • How Government Works
  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”
  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Battle of Jupiter Comes to Albuquerque

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