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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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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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Manufacturing Consent

2021-09-16 Rich Wright City Council, Chamber of Commerce, City Management, Downtown Management District, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Manufacturing Consent, Media, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 6 comments

Reality is subjective. That notion isn’t popular in the hard sciences, but anyone with a television or internet connection can

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He’s a Witch!

2021-09-15 elrichiboy TxDOT, ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Trench 3 comments

From a September 5, 2021 article by Sara Sanchez in the El Paso Inc.: A multimillion-dollar project that includes rebuilding

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The Exodus

2021-09-14 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, El Paso Times, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

Nine years ago, powerful people in El Paso pushed the 2012 Quality of Life bonds. According to U.S. Census estimates,

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Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us

2021-09-13 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Sunday Matinee – Rope of Sand

2021-09-12 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Buddy Greene – Shall We Gather at the River

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Saturday Matinee – Why Big Oil Loves to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint

2021-09-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Amber

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Insight Crime on the Adapting Cartels

2021-09-10 elrichiboy Mexico, Marijuana, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an interesting piece from Insight Crime about the evolving interests of criminal groups in our neighbor to the south.

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Panamá Cha-Cha – Fe Ciega

2021-09-09 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Their Strategy is Your Money

2021-09-09 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Here’s part of the City of El Paso’s Strategic Plan, which I lifted from their website. Look at 6.6. Does

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Another One Bites the Dust

2021-09-08 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Jessica Herrera, Slider, Taxes One comment

According to this article in the El Paso Times, some changes are taking place in the City of El Paso’s

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Sunday Matinee – Shock

2021-09-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Elvis Presley – How Great Thou Art

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Saturday Matinee – The Undeparted

2021-09-04 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Welcome

2021-09-03 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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“Communities of Color”

2021-09-03 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

In this video clipped from Tuesday’s City Council meeting, District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez accuses Mayor Oscar Leeser of discriminating

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They’re Just Wrong

2021-09-01 Rich Wright City Council, Economic Development, Peter Svarzbein, Slider 8 comments

During the debate about the Mayor’s veto yesterday District 1 Representative and reported candidate for Commissioners Court Peter Svarzbein said

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Signs That You’re Dealing With a Narcissist

2021-09-01 Rich Wright Uncategorized Leave a comment

They’re everywhere, often in positions of authority. Here are some useful clues that you may be dealing with a narcissist,

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6th Street Gang from El Paso, Texas

2021-08-31 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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