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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

    2026-04-23 Bob Chessey

    Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support groups, the nationwide de facto

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  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?

    2026-04-22 Rich Wright

    You probably heard lately that El Paso is the second best big city in the U.S. in which to live. It was on the news.

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  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice

    2026-04-21 Kent Paterson

    Downwinder leader Tina Cordova speaks at the Valle de Oro Community Earth Day event. Seated to Cordova’s immediate left is Loretta Anderson and next to

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  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”

    2026-04-19 elrichiboy
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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy
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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 Rich Wright

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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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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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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  • The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
  • Is El Paso the Second Best City to Live In?
  • We’re Still Bombing New Mexico: Nuclear Cycle Victims on the Long Road to Justice
  • Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas in “I Walk Alone”
  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

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