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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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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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The Suspense is Over

2020-10-26 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 7 comments

First it was the mystery mailers, and teevee ads, urging voters to support their “leaders”. Then it was that email

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca

2020-10-25 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Saturday Documentary: Kickboxing World Champion Challenges Senegalese Wrestlers

2020-10-24 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment

This is more a travelogue than a martial arts documentary. Check it out.

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Friday Short: Alternative Math

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Community First Coalition: Does El Paso City Hall Represent you?

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Sam Morgan, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich One comment
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Debbie Nathan on the Dark Money Campaign

2020-10-23 elrichiboy Elections, Slider Leave a comment

El Paso uber-journalist Debbie Nathan writes about the dark money campaign on Medium.com: Today, it’s dark, dark money time in

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Amy Winehouse: Tears Dry On Their Own

2020-10-22 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Your Freudian’s Slipping

2020-10-21 elrichiboy Elections, Ethics, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Slider 2 comments

Here’s Mayor Dee Margo talking about his regime: Under his regime? Pol Pot had a regime. Stalin had a regime.

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Marilyn Manson: The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Amazon Is Coming

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 26 July 2020. From the El Paso Times: Amazon, the giant online retailer, plans to open

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Are the Elections Fixed?

2020-10-20 elrichiboy Elections, Slider 2 comments

Sometimes it feels like they are. We need exit polls. Those kids from Coronado High School were conducting exit polls

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Retrovision: City of El Paso #1 for Certificates of Obligation Debt in Texas

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 February 2020. Woohoo! Yeah, the Miners suck, again, those poor dears. And people are

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Gogol Bordello: Immigraniada (We Comin’ Rougher)

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The Oligarchs are Trying to Steal This Election

2020-10-19 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Elections, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Media, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 10 comments

First it was that dark money campaign to “Support Our Leaders”. Now it’s this email from Woody Hunt. From: Woody Hunt

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Sunday Matinee: And Then There Were None

2020-10-18 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Saturday Documentary: United States of Conspiracy

2020-10-17 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short: Laws of the Universe

2020-10-16 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi Leave a comment
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The Anonymous Political Mailer

2020-10-15 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Henry Rivera, Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Politics, Sam Morgan, Slider 2 comments

You have probably heard about that campaign to support “El Paso’s Leaders”. Maybe you’re even gotten one of their flyers

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Retrovision: What Could We Do With $180 Million?

2020-10-15 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 18 September 2017. If we spend $180 million for a redundant arena, that’s $180 million

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Retrovision: What a difference an Election Makes

2020-10-15 elrichiboy Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider, Taxes Leave a comment

This article originally appeared on 1 August 2017. The City is proposing raising taxes as high as it can without

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