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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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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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Friday Short – Room 88

2021-08-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Veratasium – Why Gravity is NOT a Force

2021-08-18 elrichiboy Veritasium Leave a comment
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Vice News – This Is What Winning Looks Like

2021-08-16 elrichiboy Slider, World News One comment

Here’s a Vice News video from 2013 that deals with the current political crisis in Afghanistan. Do you reckon the

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Climate Town – Exxon Lobbyist Caught on Camera Going Full Cartoon Villain

2021-08-16 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – Otto Preminger’s Where the Sidewalk Ends

2021-08-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Carl Jackson and Val Storey – Little Mountain Church

2021-08-15 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – In the Shadow of 9/11

2021-08-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program

2021-08-14 elrichiboy Juarez, Mexico Leave a comment

Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as

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Friday Short – Hyperuranios

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The Count is Out

2021-08-13 elrichiboy population, Slider 4 comments

The census data for the County of El Paso has been released, and it’s screwy. In the data headed Population

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Why Your Taxes Are So High

2021-08-13 elrichiboy Alexsandra Annello, Cassandra Hernandez, Cissy Lizarraga, City Council, City Management, Downtown, Economic Development, Isabel Salcido, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

El Paso has the highest residential property tax rates in the country. Our elected officials used to say that was

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Election Rumors

2021-08-11 elrichiboy City Council, Commissioners Court, Elections, Slider 2 comments

Believe it or not, election season is right around the corner. Lots of local offices are up for grabs in

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Drive By Truckers – Gravity’s Gone

2021-08-10 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“We Must Not Go Back to Normal”

2021-08-09 elrichiboy Economics, Inequality, Perspectives Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – Suddenly

2021-08-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Sturgill Simpson – All Around You

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David Cross – Why American Sucks at Everything

2021-08-07 elrichiboy Video 3 comments
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Saturday Matinee – Ruby Ridge

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Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra – Real Good Lie

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Sleep

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