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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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Ft. Bliss NCO Convicted of Multiple Rapes

2021-04-14 elrichiboy Fort Bliss One comment

From the ArmyTimes.com: Staff Sgt. Randall S. Hughes got off with a slap on the wrist after he raped the

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FloraFEST this Weekend

2021-04-14 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens is hosting their FloraFEST this Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 4pm, there

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The EPISD – CREEED Controversy

2021-04-14 Rich Wright Education, Inequality, School Districts, Slider 3 comments

Charter schools aren’t the problem. This story from KTSM.com: El Paso businessmen and board members of a nonprofit supporting the

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Belen, NM to El Paso, TX – Riding the BNSF El Paso Sub

2021-04-14 elrichiboy Video 3 comments
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Johnny Cash – Hurt

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Sunday Matinee – Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times

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Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – This Little Light of Mine

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Saturday Matinee – Is Meritocracy a Myth?

2021-04-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary 2 comments
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Friday Short – A Night in the Show

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Elect Brawlers

2021-04-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Politics, Slider, Taxes 7 comments

Traditionally, in El Paso, we elect nice guys. They’re politicians. Polite is practically in the name. There’s nothing wrong with

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A Decline in Democracy

2021-04-06 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Inequality, Politics One comment

Here’s a piece from America’s Quarterly that documents the deterioration of democracy in the Americas, including in the USA. Globally

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Joe T. Hodo – Fundación Joe T. Ayuda: Si lo vales…

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How Governments Cheat You On Property Taxes

2021-04-04 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Downtown, Slider, Taxes, TIRZs, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s an interesting story from the Gray Lady: Homeowners have long complained about inequitable assessments, and past studies have documented

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Sunday Matinee – Alfred Hitchcock’s The Paradine Case

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Alison Krauss – Keep on the Sunny Side of Life

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Saturday Matinee – The Wall Street Conspiracy

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Friday Short – The Crush

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Gimme Some Water

2021-04-01 elrichiboy Climate Change, Slider 7 comments

El Paso is in a drought. I heard it first when the Archeology Museum announced they wouldn’t be holding a

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the Interrupters – She’s Kerosene

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Omega Mart Commercials

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Omega Mart is the Las Vegas outlet for Meow Wolf.

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