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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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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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Sunday Matinee – The Tattered Dress

2021-05-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Johnny Cash, Earl Scruggs, Mark O’connor, et al – Life’s Railway To Heaven

2021-05-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Manufacturing Ignorance

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Alternatino – The World’s Worst Translator

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There She Is

2021-05-17 elrichiboy Chamber of Commerce, Slider 5 comments

From the Whispers column is this week’s El Paso Inc.: Look for an announcement this week from the El Paso

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Gerrymander El Paso

2021-05-16 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, Redistricting, Slider 8 comments

Here’s a link to the City of El Paso’s map of the City’s Representative districts. It’s a hash. One can

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Sunday Matinee – Hunt the Man Down

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Billy Joe Shaver – Jesus Christ, What A Man

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Saturday Matinee – Who Is Bill Gates?

2021-05-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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Friday Short – Two Dosas

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Alternatino – Respect Your MOther

2021-05-13 elrichiboy alternatino, Video Leave a comment
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The Specials – Enjoy Yourself

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A Cure for Covid?

2021-05-11 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Public Health, Slider Leave a comment

Living on the edge of three states and two countries makes you appreciate the arbitrary vagaries of legislative jurisdictions. In

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Kris Kristofferson – Why Me Lord

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Playing the Burque Blues

2021-05-08 Kent Paterson Music Leave a comment

by Kent Paterson Don’t miss these radio shows: On KUNM 89.9 FM Albuquerque Livestream: www.kunm.org Saturday, May 8,  7 pm

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Saturday Matinee – Bringing Down a Dictator

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The Most Successful One Night Stand Ever

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Friday Short – Muse

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Descanse en Paz, El Recreo

2021-05-07 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Local Heroes, Mexico, Slider 8 comments

El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is

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Junior Brown – Highway Patrol

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