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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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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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Vandalizing the Star

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 7 comments

The El Paso Times reports that people have been vandalizing the star on the mountain. For 80 years, the Star

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The Joe T. Hodo Show

2020-11-19 elrichiboy It's a joke., Slider, Video Leave a comment

Here’s something maybe you haven’t seen. Or maybe you have. It first “aired” in 2016. Later episodes feature Mr. Hodo’s

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Die Antwoord: I Fink U Freeky

2020-11-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Public Apology to the El Paso Times

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Media 4 comments

I’ve ragged a lot on the El Paso Times (no pun intended). My animosity was chiefly rooted in their uncritical

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We Should Fire Them All

2020-11-17 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Jessica Herrera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 14 comments

I’m angry. From KFOX14.com: Five buildings throughout El Paso are being refurbished to assist the county combat COVID-19. . .

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Cuba Feliz: Lagrimas Negras

2020-11-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”

2020-11-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably

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Retrovision: The Effects of Corruption

2020-11-16 elrichiboy City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 28 March 2019. Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in

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Sunday Matinee: Shockproof

2020-11-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Dee Margo’s Task Force

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 April 2020. Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the

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Saturday Documentary: Secrets of the Tribe

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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Words and Their Meanings

2020-11-13 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Karla Nieman, Liar Liar, Quarantine, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

El Paso City Attorney Karla Nieman had a birthday party for her daughter, in apparent contravention of the order against

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Friday Short: Among Us

2020-11-13 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment

Based on the online role playing game.

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Daddy and Daddy Are Fighting

2020-11-13 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Quarantine, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

Mayor Dee Margo and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego are battling it out over local government’s response to El Paso’s soaring

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Where’s Susie?

2020-11-12 elrichiboy Slider, The "Progressives" 7 comments

From this week’s El Paso Inc.: The woman who has led El Paso’s PBS TV station for six years has

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Sleaford Mods: Second

2020-11-12 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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What Is CooL?

2020-11-12 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

For marketers, cool is the holy grail. Mostly, marketers find cool after it’s been discovered and try to monetize it,

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Manu Chao: Clandestino

2020-11-10 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Failure of Government

2020-11-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 5 comments

Pizza king J. Kirk Robison penned a Letter to the Editor in Sunday’s Sun Shopper El Paso Times. It is

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