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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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Zach Williams with Dolly Parton – There was Jesus

2021-08-01 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – The Meth Epidemic

2021-07-31 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out

2021-07-31 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Friday Short – The Shaman

2021-07-30 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Borderland Expressway

2021-07-28 elrichiboy Cesar Blanco, Lina Ortega, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench, TxDOT, Urban Planning 10 comments

Frequent flyer John G. Dungan made this comment on the post Your Representatives in Austin: Frankly, at this juncture, it

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The City of El Paso is Chueco

2021-07-27 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Ethics, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

From the El Paso Times: The El Paso City Council voted unanimously to accept a recommendation to reallocate $15 million in federal funding for

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Temptations/Black Sabbath Mashup

2021-07-27 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Your Representatives in Austin

2021-07-26 elrichiboy Cesar Blanco, Chamber of Commerce, Lina Ortega, Slider, Texas State Government, The Trench 5 comments

Now you know who your friends are. Or at least who your friends aren’t. From the El Paso Chamber of

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My TEDx Talk

2021-07-26 elrichiboy Slider, TEDx Leave a comment

In 2013, a friend of mine asked me to talk about Juarez at TEDx El Paso. I probably would have

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Sunday Matinee – I Became a Criminal

2021-07-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Jamie Wilson – Ain’t No Grave

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Saturday Matinee – How America Bankrupted Its Cities: The Growth Ponzi Scheme

2021-07-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Urban Planning Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Day Shift

2021-07-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Harvard Business Review on the The Sunk Cost Fallacy

2021-07-22 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Here’s an article from the HBR on better decision making. Have you continued with a project long after you should

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Tom Petty – Lost highway

2021-07-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Why Target Pot?

2021-07-21 elrichiboy District Attorney, Law Enforcement, Marijuana, Yvonne Rosales One comment

Our new District Attorney Yvonne Rosales recently asked City Council to give her office $72,000 for a machine that can

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Climate Town – Can’t We Just Buy Our Way Out Of Climate Change?

2021-07-21 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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Xavier Miranda on Back to School

2021-07-21 Xavier Miranda Education, Guest Column, School Districts, Slider One comment

Teachers, students, and parents are excited about returning to school, and eager to resume face-to-face instruction. However, adequate preparations are

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Veratasium – The Biggest Myth in Education

2021-07-20 elrichiboy Education, Veritasium Leave a comment
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Lost Highway

2021-07-20 elrichiboy Public Transportation, Slider, The Trench, TxDOT, Urban Planning Leave a comment

Here’s a highway article from the Texas Observer: In late 2020, TxDOT released renderings for I-35 that showed a 20-lane

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