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  • “The Thinking Game”

    2026-08-29 elrichiboy
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  • Instrumenta antiqua stultis antiquis.

    2026-08-27 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Here is a little game you can play with your coworkers: try to find a document at your work that is written

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  • Juangabrielisimo in Juarez

    2026-08-26 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright Juan Gabriel is the biggest star to ever come out of Juarez. For Mexican music, Juan Gabriel is Elvis and Prince and

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  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Storms of Jupiter Whip the Summer of ’26

    2026-08-25 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson If the summer monsoon has been a huge letdown this year, then developments around the giant AI data center under construction in

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  • The Future of El Paso | Inspired by True Events

    2026-08-23 Guest Column

    by Andres Powers I. The Ledger Start with what is already true, because prophecy is cheap and the record is not. In 2012 the city

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  • The Restorative Power of Restaurants

    2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners spilling out of the Nuestra

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  • How Much AI Is Too Much AI?

    2026-08-18 Tim Holt

    by Tim Holt Recently, I submitted a long-form editorial to El Paso Matters that I thought was worthy of posting. It was about how the

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  • “Time Table”

    2026-08-16 elrichiboy
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  • NY Times — “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States”

    2026-08-15 Rich Wright

    Some yankees from the New York Times compiled a list of “41 of the Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States.” According to this post

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  • “The Real History of Africa They Never Taught You | Africa’s Great Civilizations”

    2026-08-15 elrichiboy
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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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Frontera Bugalu’s Tiny Desk

2020-12-17 elrichiboy Video, Music One comment

Here’s Frontera Bugalu’s submission to NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. Looks like a party I wish I’d been invited to.

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What’s Wrong With the Ballpark

2020-12-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Management, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes 4 comments

The baseball stadium is nice. Real nice. One of the nicest ballparks in the country, and one of the nicest

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The Speakeasy Three: When I get Low I Get High

2020-12-15 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Joe T. Hodo: ¡Especial navideño!

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Sunday Matinee – The Big Combo

2020-12-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee 2 comments
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Retrovision: The Master Plan

2020-12-12 elrichiboy ballpark, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 22 October, 2017. How MountainStar Wants to Get You to Pay for Their Futbol Stadium

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“They Make Patients Die Alone . . .”

2020-12-12 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Video Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – How Pandemics Change the World

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The Bets are In

2020-12-11 elrichiboy City Council, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Sam Morgan, Slider, Welfare for the Rich One comment

The latest Campaign Finance Reports are interesting. MountainStar Sports Group has picked their favorites. Mayor Dee Margo received $23,031.48 from

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Friday Short: Daytime Noon

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Conan & the Bread Expert

2020-12-10 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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Ministry — Jesus Built My Hotrod

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La Feria on Avenida Juarez

2020-12-10 elrichiboy Slider, Economic Development, Juarez 7 comments

Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you

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The O’Reillys and the Paddyhats – Irish Way

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Otava Yo – (This Website Doesn’t Support Cryllic Cyrillic)

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Music 4 comments
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Are They Still Going to Fix Tickets?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Corruption, Commissioners Court, Law Enforcement, Slider 2 comments

I guess you heard that we’ve got a new District Attorney. She takes office in January. She’s already made plans

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Why Aren’t Masks Free?

2020-12-09 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Politics, Slider 4 comments

If the single most effective thing we can do to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus is for everybody to

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The King of Mesa Street: The Life and Death of a Border Bluesman, Part 3

2020-12-08 Kent Paterson Local Heroes, Music, Slider 4 comments

This is the last part of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here.

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Joe T. Hodo — Por un México más Fifi

2020-12-08 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo One comment
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Cooking the Books?

2020-12-08 elrichiboy Coronavirus, City Management, Elections, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s another story from the people’s English language daily: El Paso County has officially surpassed the grim milestone of 1,000 COVID-19-related

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