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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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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez

2025-07-17 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 10 comments

You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La

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Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?

2025-07-15 Kent Paterson International Relations, Mexico, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back

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Beasts of Burden

2025-07-14 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider 2 comments

by Rich Wright He wears a pistol on his ankle and carries a condom in his billfold. He never uses

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The Great Trumpini

2025-07-13 Rich Wright Politics, Slider Leave a comment

From a July 12, 2025 article at APNews.com:  President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and

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“Angel in Exile”

2025-07-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

2025-07-09 Kent Paterson Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights

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Dystopia, USA

2025-07-08 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s

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Immigration and Detention Witness

2025-07-07 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

by Xavier Miranda I spent the morning of Friday, June 20,  at the U. S. Courthouse in downtown El Paso,

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“Quiet Please, Murder”

2025-07-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Archimedes – The Greatest Inventor of the Ancient World”

2025-07-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Watching the Watchers

2025-07-02 Rich Wright Law Enforcement, Mexico, Slider, Surveillance Leave a comment

I told you about the Torre Centinela that’s going up in downtown Juarez. Well, Juarez isn’t the only city in

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EPEC’s Rate Increase

2025-06-30 Rich Wright Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, El Paso Electric Company, Slider One comment

In this ElPasoMatters.com post, Diego Mendoza-Myers writes about EPEC’s plans to build out its system and what that means for

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“Intrigue”

2025-06-29 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Physicist Brian Cox Investigates the Most Controversial Scientific Discoveries”

2025-06-28 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money

2025-06-23 Rich Wright El Paso Electric Company, Slider One comment

Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation

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“The Spider”

2025-06-22 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Last Volcanic Cave Village | Habitats of the World: Iran”

2025-06-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider 2 comments
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“The First Livestreamed Genocide”

2025-06-21 Rich Wright Slider, War Crimes Leave a comment

From AlJazeera.com: The Al Jazeera Investigative Unit’s feature documentary GAZA exposes Israeli war crimes through the use of videos and photographs posted

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I Don’t Like Bullies

2025-06-20 Rich Wright Politics, Slider 2 comments

On Wednesday, CBSNews.com reported that President Trump said “They [Iran] were bullies. They were schoolyard bullies, and now they’re not

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Commercial Traffic at the Bridge of the Americas

2025-06-18 Rich Wright Bridge of the Americas, Mexico, Slider, The Environment Leave a comment

Mexican business leaders want to keep truck traffic on the Free Bridge, despite the United States General Services Administration’s decision

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After
  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”
  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela
  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”
  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

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