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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 anonymous

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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“Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

2025-10-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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“EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

2025-10-23 Bob Chessey History, Culture, El Paso, Music, Slider Leave a comment

by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,”

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The Russians Are Coming!

2025-10-22 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Music Leave a comment

Igor and the Red Elvises are performing at the Sunset Parlor, 1307 N. Oregon, at 7:30, on Tuesday, November 18.

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Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

2025-10-20 Rich Wright Economic Development, Brand El Paso, Slider One comment

by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s

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“The Other Woman”

2025-10-19 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

2025-10-18 elrichiboy Slider, Saturday Documentary Leave a comment

Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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Who’s the New Guy?

2025-10-17 Rich Wright Uncategorized, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing

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Ninja Convention

2025-10-16 Rich Wright El Paso, Slider, Visit El Paso One comment

The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade

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“Dressed to Kill”

2025-10-12 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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“Trump and the FBI”

2025-10-11 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

2025-10-07 Kent Paterson The Environment, Slider, Water 2 comments

By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a

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Diminishing El Paso

2025-10-06 Rich Wright population, Economic Development, Slider, Urban Planning Leave a comment

Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue

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“Highway Dragnet”

2025-10-05 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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“The 1916 [Irish] Rising of Like You’ve Never Seen It Before”

2025-10-04 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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Ouch!

2025-10-03 Rich Wright El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times delivered its mandated circulation report on page 5A of Thursday’s dead tree edition, and it’s not

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Juarez’ 2025 Bullfighting Season

2025-10-01 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Culture, Juarez, Slider One comment

While we weren’t looking, the Ciudad Juarez 2025 bullfighting season got underway. The next bullfight is Friday, October 3 at

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The Deck Park Will Kill Downtown

2025-09-30 Rich Wright Deck Park, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider 7 comments

Downtown El Paso is already barely accessible. What effect will 5 years of freeway and deck park construction have on

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“Park Plaza 605”

2025-09-28 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Slider Leave a comment
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Social Engineering Chuco-Style

2025-09-26 Rich Wright City Management, Economic Development, Slider 2 comments

I live in a neighborhood I call Barrio Heights. Barrio Heights is below Rim Road, close to El Paso High.

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Community First Coalition Forum on Affordable Housing

2025-09-25 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

The Community First Coalition is hosting a forum on the housing challenges facing the local community. Everybody needs housing, and

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

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