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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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The Killdares – Whiskey In the Jar

2021-03-30 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Water Parks Are Coming!

2021-03-30 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez, Water Parks 5 comments

This just in, from KTSM: Newly constructed regional water park Camp Cohen is set to have its opening day by

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City of Dust – Courtland, Arizona

2021-03-30 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

And You Will Know Me By My Jail Traveling southwestward down the dusty Ghost Town Trail puts us in the

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Chris Isaak – Wicked Game

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Memorial Honors Victims of Imminent Dam Disaster

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Knife

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Ransomed Bluegrass – I Saw the Light

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Saturday Matinee – The Global Fight Over Water

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Knox By Night – Meth Smokin’ Woman

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Friday Short – Wellness Check

2021-03-26 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment
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People From “Up and Coming” Cities

2021-03-25 elrichiboy Economic Development, Urban Planning, Video 4 comments
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The Hillbilly Moon Explosion – My Love For Evermore

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Joe T. Hodo – La mariguana, la Senadora y el OGT

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Billy Strings – Watch It Fall

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El Paso’s Trickle Down Economy

2021-03-23 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 17 comments

Remember 50 years ago, when Trickle Down was all the rage? That coincided with maybe the fifth time that City

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Welcome Back

2021-03-22 elrichiboy Navel Gazing Leave a comment

I’m sorry I’ve been neglecting you. Relationships, you know, are hard. These days so many things compete for out attention.

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Saturday Matinee – Stephen Axford: How Fungi Changed My View of the World

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

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Let Them Drive Cake

2021-03-16 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Public Transportation, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

From the El Paso Inc.: A lot of El Paso buses are going from stop to stop empty these days.

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U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For

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