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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy

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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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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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Saturday Matinee – The Global Fight Over Water

2021-03-27 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Knox By Night – Meth Smokin’ Woman

2021-03-26 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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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

2021-03-24 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo – La mariguana, la Senadora y el OGT

2021-03-24 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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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

2021-03-20 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever

2021-03-17 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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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

2021-03-14 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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There’s Hope

2021-03-14 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Trench, Urban Planning, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

Here’s a Tweet from Lina Hidalgo, the County Judge for Harris County, Texas: NEW: The feds have told TXDOT to

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Saturday Matinee – In Search of a Flat Earth

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The Hamiltones – No, Let’s Eat the Musicians

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Friday Short – The Voice in Your Head

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Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Too Cool To Dance

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Mellow Corn for the People

2021-03-11 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso Leave a comment

I don’t know who came up with this idea, but this product is definitely claiming its brand space. That there

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TxDOT Isn’t Building Us a Deck

2021-03-11 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Economic Development, Slider, The Trench, Tommy Gonzalez, Urban Planning 9 comments

The cap isn’t TxDOT’s purview. TxDOT does transportation. The deck park is a public amenity. TxDOT is, however, expanding I-10

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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”
  • “Now We Know Their Names”
  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond
  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

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