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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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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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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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Joe T. Hodo – Casas Hodo

2021-01-12 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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