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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”

    2026-06-27 elrichiboy
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  • F. E. Curry And Fate’s Vagary

    2026-06-25 Bob Chessey

    The 1923 trial of F. E. Curry is a tale of a lawman who, from performing official duties, became labeled a criminal and exemplifies the

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  • Golden Cobwebs from the Vault: El Paso’s Aborted Towers

    2026-06-17 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Up for a little historic sightseeing in West Side El Paso? If you happen to be driving west on North Mesa and

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  • You Can Pay When You’re Dead

    2026-06-08 Rich Wright

    Since 1979, the State of Texas has had a program that saves older homeowners from getting their houses seized because of past due property taxes.

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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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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 Mayor Dee "Don't You Know Who I Am?" Margo, Cassandra Hernandez, Henry Rivera, 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 The Arena, Cassandra Hernandez, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Joyce Wilson, Sam Morgan, Slider, Taxes 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 The Arena, Borderplex Alliance, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Ethics, Slider 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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  • How Government Works
  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”
  • “The Merry Gentlemen”
  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”
  • The Data Center Chronicles: The Battle of Jupiter Comes to Albuquerque

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