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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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  • 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 Cleverlys: She Ain’t there

2020-10-06 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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Justin Johnson: RumbleStrippin’

2020-10-05 elrichiboy Video, Music Leave a comment
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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

2020-10-03 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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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

2020-10-02 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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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 Cleverlys: Walk Like an Egyptian

2020-09-28 elrichiboy Music, Video Leave a comment
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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 Education, Coronavirus, 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 The Arena, ballpark, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Elections, Ethics, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Video 2 comments
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Friday Short: Stutterer

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The Raconteurs: Old Enough

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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage
  • 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”

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