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  • Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

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  • “Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

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  • “EL PASO, WHERE SUNSHINE SPENDS THE WINTER”

    2025-10-23 Bob Chessey

    by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,” the municipality boasted the slogan,

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  • Retrovision: El Paso Cool and the Brain Drain

    2025-10-20 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright This article, or something very much like it, originally appeared on NewspaperTree.com in early May, 2008. There’s this brain drain argument that’s

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  • “The Other Woman”

    2025-10-19 elrichiboy
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  • “The Strangest Story in American History | OPUNTIA”

    2025-10-18 elrichiboy

    Thanks to The Border Chronicle for hipping me to this movie.

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  • Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-10-17 Rich Wright

    Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General who sometimes gets indicted and impeached, has launched a campaign to infiltrate left wing organizations. In response to the

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  • Ninja Convention

    2025-10-16 Rich Wright

    The Secret Society of Ninjas met in El Paso this week, and I was lucky enough to photograph their parade on Montana last night. Kudos

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  • “Trump and the FBI”

    2025-10-11 elrichiboy
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  • The Giant Data Center in the Desert Rises

    2025-10-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Amid the landscape of yucca and creosote plants, artificial intelligence-driven Project Stargate took shape this week just a tad up the road from

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  • Diminishing El Paso

    2025-10-06 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org‘s CEO Bob Moore about El Paso County’s population growth prospects: El Paso County will continue to see little to moderate

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  • “Highway Dragnet”

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“The Seven Five”

2025-01-25 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Know Your Rights

2025-01-24 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Law Enforcement, Slider 3 comments

by Xavier Miranda (Sigue en español)   In light of Trump’s mass deportations, it is important to educate ourselves and our

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We’re No. 1!

2025-01-23 Rich Wright ballpark, Brand El Paso, Economic Development, Joyce Wilson, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 2 comments

From El Paso’s English language almost daily: While El Paso has lots to be proud of — endless hiking in

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“City Heat”

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“The Phenomenon”

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Retrovision: The Real Costs of the QoL Projects

2025-01-17 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Opportunity Costs, Retrovision, Slider One comment

This article originally appeared on 12 April 2017. Sure, half a billion dollars is a lot of money. Especially for

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Saucedo’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Children’s Hospital Dismissed

2025-01-13 Rich Wright El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

From this week’s El Paso Inc.*: A district judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed against El Paso Children’s

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“The Inner Circle”

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“Mesopotamia – The Sumerians”

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The Looming Immigration Policy

2025-01-10 Xavier Miranda Immigration, Opinion, Politics, Slider One comment

by Xavier Miranda As we approach a second Trump presidential term, it is vital we educate ourselves on looming immigration

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The Most Bilingual City in America

2025-01-06 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

According to this story on Preply.com, El Paso is the most bilingual city in America: The ability to speak more

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“Strange Illusion”

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“Ruthless: Monopoly’s Secret History”

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The Water Crisis in Sunland Park and Santa Teresa One Year Later, Part One: Residents Seek Stricter Federal Oversight of Water Utility

2025-01-03 Kent Paterson CRRUA, New Mexico, Slider, Sunland Park, The Environment, Water Leave a comment

By Kent Paterson Lawyers for residents of Sunland Park and Santa Teresa have requested stepped up oversight of a publicly-owned

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The Last Corrida

2025-01-03 James Sawtelle History, Juarez One comment

By James Sawtelle That Sunday afternoon I had time to cut loose and go with Richard Grenier (my high school

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Humphrey Bogart in”Knock on Any Door”

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“To Catch a Genius”

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“Finger Man”

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A Letter From David Saucedo

2024-12-19 David Saucedo El Paso Children's Hospital, Slider One comment

Friends, On December 9, my legal team filed a brief in response to the El Paso Children’s Hospital (EPCH) motion

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The Obscene Entitlement of Cassandra Hernandez

2024-12-18 Rich Wright Cassandra Hernandez, Slider 3 comments

You’ve read the news. From ElPasoTimes.com: El Paso city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez’s husband was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault

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