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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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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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Mayor Margo’s Priorities

2020-09-18 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Slider 11 comments

From an El Paso Times story about a recent mayoral candidate forum: [Incumbent Mayor Dee] Margo agreed with [candidate Carlos]

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The Destruction of Brand El Paso

2020-09-17 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, The "Progressives", Tommy Gonzalez 9 comments

What does “El Paso” mean to you? I threw quotes around it because I want to talk about the idea

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The Flying Train: The Rest of the Story

2020-09-16 elrichiboy Video 3 comments
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Melbourne Ska Orchestra: Get Smart

2020-09-15 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Survey: Downtown’s Looking Up

2020-09-14 elrichiboy Downtown, Slider 4 comments

The Downtown Management District conducted a survey recently, and guess what? People are optimistic about our central business district. From

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes

2020-09-13 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Movie Idea

2020-09-12 elrichiboy News Leave a comment

Here’s a story from CBSSports.com Just one day after Conor McGregor tweeted about being drug tested by USADA while on

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Friday Short: Doppelbanger (NSFW, or SFWFH)

2020-09-11 elrichiboy Friday Short, Sci Fi, Video Leave a comment
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No News Is Good News

2020-09-11 elrichiboy Media, News, Slider 5 comments

If you live in El Paso, after October 5, you will no longer be able to get the dead-tree edition

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The Problem With El Paso

2020-09-10 elrichiboy Borderplex Alliance, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Urban Planning 8 comments

The problem is El Paso’s not growing. All the costs of those Quality of Life projects would be easier to

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Chicano Batman: Black Lipstick

2020-09-07 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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The Flying Train, Germany, 1902

2020-09-07 elrichiboy Video 4 comments
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Sunday Matinee: Moonrise

2020-09-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Joe Pug: I do My Father’s Drugs

2020-09-05 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Jay J. Armes, El Paso’s Real Life Action figure

2020-09-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

Here’s a long read from Narratively.com about El Paso’s favorite nationally known Private Detective, Jay J. Armes: The Investigators were

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We’re All In This Together

2020-09-02 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider One comment

From the El Paso Times: Most El Paso city employees will receive a one-time payment this fall from additional sales tax revenue

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Sunday Matinee: Dangerous Crossing

2020-08-30 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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The Democrats are Giving Away the Election

2020-08-27 elrichiboy Politics, Slider 5 comments

I watched about five minutes of the Democrat convention. Five minutes is all I could take. The problem was it

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Summer’s Halfway Over

2020-08-27 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Just Kidding., Slider Leave a comment

Good news, everyone. This year’s long, hot, dry, spell, what we call “summer”, should end sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas,

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Sunday Matinee: Lawman

2020-08-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee, Uncategorized One comment
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