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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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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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The Power of the Mayor

2020-09-29 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Politics, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 4 comments

The truth is, there isn’t a lot the Mayor of El Paso can do. He doesn’t get a vote on

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Where are the Covid Cases Coming from?

2020-09-29 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Slider 2 comments

Health officials are reporting hundreds of new cases every day. So where are they coming from, generally? State law prohibits

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The Cleverlys: Walk Like an Egyptian

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We Should Start Thinking What Bankruptcy Will Look Like

2020-09-27 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

El Pasoans aren’t getting any younger. True fact: We’re all either dead or getting older. (Today in the A Section

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred HItchcock’s Jamaica Inn

2020-09-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Xavier Miranda on School Reopenings

2020-09-25 Xavier Miranda Coronavirus, Education, Quarantine Leave a comment

*The following statement is being submitted to Chief Academics Officer Tamekia Brown of EPISD, who will host a live chat,

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Community First Coalition’s “Does El Paso City Hall Represent you?”

2020-09-25 elrichiboy ballpark, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Ethics, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, The Arena, Video 2 comments
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Friday Short: Stutterer

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The Raconteurs: Old Enough

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Tyler Childers: Country Squire

2020-09-23 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Florida

2020-09-23 elrichiboy Media Leave a comment

Here’s a story from the Washington Post about the hoteled homeless in Florida KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Rose Jusino was waking

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“Live Active EP”

2020-09-23 elrichiboy City Management, Slider One comment

Here’s an opinion piece in the El Paso Times by Ben Fyffe, “native El Pasoan, . . . the director

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Heilung: Krigsgaldr

2020-09-22 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Jennifer Connelly: Sway

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Earth, Wind & Fire: September

2020-09-21 elrichiboy Music, Video 4 comments
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You’re the Sucker

2020-09-21 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

Are you getting value from your city tax dollars? I mean, really. Is the city doing anything for you besides

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Sunday Matinee: Alfred Hitchcock’s Number 17

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Saturday Documentary: Speaking Frankly: Socialism

2020-09-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short: Rebooted

2020-09-18 elrichiboy Friday Short One comment
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Retrovision: The Destruction of Brand El Paso

2020-09-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

This article originally appeared on 17 February 2017. An article with the same name was published yesterday. A brand’s greatest

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