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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso is Falling

    2026-03-13 Rich Wright

    The trusted institutions we count on are letting us down. The streets are crumbling. The water utility can’t keep the water flowing. Texas Gas Services

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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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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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Billy Strings & Don Julin: 3 Songs

2020-10-14 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Rancho El Paso

2020-10-14 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Ethics, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

This article originally appeared on 10 March 2017. Our City Fathers would have you believe that El Paso is a

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Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Dance or Die

2020-10-13 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Mayor Margo Tells Fibs

2020-10-13 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Henry Rivera, Jessica Herrera, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

Here’s part of a questionnaire the El Paso Times gave to Mayor Dee Margo: 17. Do you support tax breaks/incentives

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Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers: Jumpin Jive

2020-10-12 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Privilege and the Public Good

2020-10-12 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Politics, Slider 4 comments

Imagine if you and I had proposed taking on half a billion dollars in public debt to “fix” El Paso.

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Sunday Matinee: The Third Visitor

2020-10-11 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Larkin Poe: Preacher Blues

2020-10-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Saturday Documentary: The Mennonites — A Trip Back in Time

2020-10-10 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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Mano Negra: Mala Vida

2020-10-09 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Friday Short: Dirty Machines: The End of History

2020-10-09 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi Leave a comment
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Pokey LaFarge: Fuck Me Up

2020-10-08 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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The Cleverlys: She Ain’t there

2020-10-06 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Justin Johnson: RumbleStrippin’

2020-10-05 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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What Has the City Done for You Lately?

2020-10-05 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, Technology, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

The El Paso Inc. reports that the City bought the County’s old 911 phone center building in downtown El Paso

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Sunday Matinee: Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing

2020-10-04 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Leon Bridges: River

2020-10-04 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Saturday Documentary: The Art of Effortless Living

2020-10-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Manu Chao: Me Llamen Calle

2020-10-02 elrichiboy Music, Video 2 comments
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