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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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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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Retrovision – Things Are Great. Just not for Taxpayers.

2021-01-11 elrichiboy ballpark, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Retrovision, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 29 July 2019. This week there’s a column by the editor of the El Paso

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

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