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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 anonymous

    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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  • 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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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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Sunday Matinee — Portrait in Black

2020-12-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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RetroVision: Beisbol been very very good to me

2020-12-05 elrichiboy ballpark, Retrovision, Slider 2 comments

This post originally appeared way back on 21 May 2020. Minor league baseball is up against the wall, and it’s

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Junior Brown — Highway Patrol

2020-12-05 elrichiboy Music, Hot Hits One comment
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Free Antibody Testing

2020-12-05 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Was that just a cold you had a couple of months ago, or were you one of the lucky ones

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Saturday Documentary: Four Horsemen

2020-12-05 elrichiboy Video, Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Kuparilinna — Tuulee

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Friday Short: Talk to Me

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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How Do You Get Covid at Walmart?

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Hot Hits, Media, Quarantine, Slider One comment

Is it available in Menswear, between the Rustler jeans and the Hanes underwear? Are unmasked infecteds coughing on the tomatoes?

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Joe T. Hodo: Minas…¡Sí! Ruinas…¡No!

2020-12-04 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo, Video Leave a comment
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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 2

2020-12-03 Kent Paterson Music, Local Heroes, Slider 6 comments

by Kent Paterson This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. Days of

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Their Present is Our Future

2020-12-03 elrichiboy Economic Development, Education, Hot Hits, Juarez, Slider 4 comments

Across the river from UTEP, Colonia Felipe Angeles is poor. And it’s not even the poorest neighborhood in Juarez. Colonia

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The Breeders: Cannonball

2020-12-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Dark Money

2020-12-02 elrichiboy The "Progressives", Elections, Ethics, Slider 4 comments

Many people were upset by that anonymous non-political political mailer that went out before the general election. But I suspect

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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 1

2020-11-30 Kent Paterson Music, Hot Hits, Local Heroes, Slider 11 comments

By Kent Paterson He was the King of Mesa Street, the main drag that winds up and down El Paso’s

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Sunday Matinee: Borderline

2020-11-29 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Our Dirty Little Secret

2020-11-28 elrichiboy The Arena, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Media, Slider 3 comments

This post originally ran on 30 December 2018. Imma let you in on a little secret. In El Paso, we

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Saturday Matinee: Operation Odessa

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Friday Short: Intersection

2020-11-27 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment
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Bruce Springsteen: The River

2020-11-26 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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The Modern Lovers: Roadrunner

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