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  • La Cucaracha

    2026-08-14 Howard Campbell

    by Howard Campbell After walking across the heavily fortified Paso del Norte bridge and ducking through Mexican customs, you arrive at the foot of Juárez

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  • Drones for Them, But Not for Us?

    2026-08-12 Tim Holt

    By Tim Holt The ACLU released a report in March called Drones For Them But Not For Us? Most people will probably see that title

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  • Citlali Delgado, Artist

    2026-08-11 Rich Wright

    Every artist needs a body of work. One painting, or one song, or one role, on stage or the big screen, won’t lead to fame

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  • El Paso Matters to the Rescue

    2026-08-07 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: Between 2015 and 2025, the number of El Pasoans under age 65 grew by fewer than 4,000. The number of those 65 and

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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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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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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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  • “The Arrest That Exposed the CIA’s Most Secret Mission”

    2026-08-08 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Sunday Matinee – Kiss of Death

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Zuill Bailey & Natasha Paremski – Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, 3

2021-01-09 elrichiboy Music 2 comments
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The Gift That Keeps On Giving

2021-01-09 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 6 comments

For petty revenge, give your best frenemy a dog. Or, better yet, give it to their daughter. Make it a

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Saturday Matinee: Interview with a Contract Killer

2021-01-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Scene of the Crime

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I Am a Capitalist

2021-01-07 elrichiboy Economic Development, Public Private Partnerships, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Even though I don’t own any capital, I am a capitalist. I still believe that capitalism is the most effective

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Fiona Apple – Shameika

2021-01-06 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Are Office Buildings Obsolete?

2021-01-06 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 3 comments

Before buildings had centralized refrigerated air conditioning, windows used to open. There was a little transition period, when the air

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