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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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The United Nations Definition of Genocide

2021-01-24 elrichiboy Immigration, Slider 4 comments

From the UN.org website: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Article II In the present

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Sunday Matinee – The Young Savages

2021-01-24 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Teeter Totter Wall – Pro and Con

2021-01-23 elrichiboy Art, Immigration, Politics, Slider One comment

Did you read that the Teeter Totter Wall won an international design award? Here’s the skinny from NPR: An art

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Saturday Matinee – This Appalachian Music Man Lived a Beautiful Life

2021-01-23 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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What a Bunch of Jerks

2021-01-23 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Downtown Historic District, Economic Development, Heritage Tourism, Karla Nieman, Slider 6 comments

From KVIA: An El Paso attorney maintained Friday that plans to have a historic district downtown that includes the Duranguito

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Friday Short – Lughead

2021-01-22 elrichiboy Friday Short 2 comments
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La Molacha

2021-01-22 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider One comment

If you wanted to make a lot of money betting on El Paso’s future, vacant lots would be the way

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SKÁLD – Rún

2021-01-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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All the News That Fits an Agenda

2021-01-21 elrichiboy Breaking News, Ethics, Media, Slider 5 comments

Do you depend on the El Paso Times to keep you informed on local news? Or maybe you count on

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Ruin Your Life

2021-01-19 elrichiboy It's All Good, Slider, Unpopular Opinion 4 comments

This week, the two major lotteries have a combined payout of more than $1.5 billion. Even if you only win

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Samuel Tucker Young – Whiskey Burns

2021-01-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Pay Attention!

2021-01-18 elrichiboy City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Politics, Slider 7 comments

Ex-mayor Dee Margo said he did the best he could, after only getting 20% support in his recent job performance

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Sunday Matinee – The Hitch-Hiker

2021-01-17 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Celtic Woman – Amazing Grace

2021-01-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Masquerade

2021-01-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

Remember when I suggested that those BLM/Antifa protests might have been infiltrated by agents provocateur? This article from TheGuardian.com shows

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Economic Development for Whom?

2021-01-16 elrichiboy City Management, Economic Development, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

From an email from Max Grossman, informing his readers that the Texas Historical Commission approved the designation of the El

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Saturday Matinee – Children of God

2021-01-16 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Phoenix

2021-01-15 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi One comment
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The Plasmatics – Butcher Baby

2021-01-14 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Lank Dresser Rides Again!

2021-01-13 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Lank Dresser One comment

Here’s another post by me writing as Lank Dresser, from the annals of El Paso Inc.’s What’s Up. In Texas,

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta
  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”
  • “The Gilded Age”
  • An “Unprecedented” Event

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