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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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The Deck is Coming

2021-01-25 elrichiboy Corruption, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Arena, The Trench 10 comments

Here’s a message I received from TxDOT contractors via the Sunset Heights Neighborhood Association: As an interested party in the

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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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