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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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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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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

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Justin Johnson: RumbleStrippin’

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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

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Leon Bridges: River

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Saturday Documentary: The Art of Effortless Living

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Manu Chao: Me Llamen Calle

2020-10-02 elrichiboy Music, Video 2 comments
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Friday Short: The Neighbors’ Window

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The HU: Yuve Yuve Yu

2020-10-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Music, Video One comment
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The Covid Economy

2020-10-01 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider 2 comments

You can catch the Covid twice, but it’s not likely. There have been three recorded cases, one in Hong Kong,

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Marty Stuart: Way Out West

2020-09-30 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment

Happy Birthday, Marty Stuart. And here he is 48 years ago, performing with Lester Flatt.

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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 Last Crooked Mile”
  • “Operation Condor: The CIA’s Dictator Network”
  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”
  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision
  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

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