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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 elrichiboy

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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The Spirit of Memphis Quartet – The Atomic Telephone

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Saturday Matinee – Exxon Exposed: Greenpeace Tricks Top Lobbyists into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action

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Neil LeVang – Ghost Riders in the Sky

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Friday Short – My Loyal Audience

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Tan and Sober Gentlemen – Rabbit in a Log

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Alternatino – Latin Pop Star, White Audience

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The Subscription Economy

2021-07-07 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economics, Inequality, Slider, The Economy, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

Here’s a sobering piece I found on Medium.com: For years, banks and ultra-elites (bankrolled by years of money-printing, corporate socialism,

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The Time America Almost Stopped Climate Change

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You Are Paying the Highest Residential Property Tax Rate in the United States

2021-07-06 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

Today the El Paso City Council is voting to issue another $96 million in Certificates of Obligation. Certificates of Obligation

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Clifton Hicks – Washington Blues

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Ongoing Problems With El Paso Children’s Hospital

2021-07-05 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, El Paso Children's Hospital, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 2 comments

This just in, from the El Paso Inc.: Troubles may be mounting for El Paso Children’s Hospital, which saw its

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Happy Independence Day, Comrade

2021-07-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez Leave a comment

Today is the Fourth of July. Independence Day. Today is the day we celebrate our nation’s freedoms. The United States

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Billy Joe Shaver – You Just Can’t Beat Jesus Christ

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Friday Short – The Neighbor

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El Paso One of the Most Affordable Cities For Home Buyers

2021-06-28 elrichiboy Cost of Living, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

Did you miss this story from KTSM.com? The housing market has been booming this year, but the price of real

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What’s Wrong With El Paso

2021-06-27 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 6 comments

One time a guy called me up. I took a meeting with him at the Mexican Cottage. He was a

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Sunday Matinee – Autumn Leaves

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Where Were the Popo?

2021-06-21 elrichiboy Chief Greg Allen, City Council, City Management, Dionne Mack, El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Peter Svarzbein, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

Did you read about those three alleged hoodlums who were arrested a couple of weeks ago for a fight in

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Sunday Matinee – Million Dollar Weekend

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A Southern Gospel Revival: Courtney Patton – Take Your Shoes Off Moses

2021-06-20 elrichiboy Music One comment
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”
  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles
  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

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