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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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“Criminal Lawyer”

2025-08-10 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Book of Enoch – What the Church Tried to Hide”

2025-08-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

2025-08-08 Rich Wright Juarez, Crime, History, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If

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What Redistricting Means to El Paso

2025-08-07 Rich Wright Uncategorized, Politics, Slider 2 comments

From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map.

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“Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

2025-08-06 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment
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Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

2025-08-04 Rich Wright Deck Park, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider Leave a comment

Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as

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“Trapped”

2025-08-03 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

2025-08-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

2025-07-31 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider One comment

So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a

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Garbage Revisited

2025-07-29 Rich Wright Environmental Services Department, Dumpsters, Slider Leave a comment

Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services?

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The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

2025-07-28 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 2 comments

The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected

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“He Walked by Night”

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“The Evolution of Life with David Attneborough”

2025-07-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

2025-07-24 Rich Wright Media, City Council, El Paso Matters, Renard Johnson, Slider 4 comments

An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly

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Sunwest Seafood Sales

2025-07-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,

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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-07-22 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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Who Killed El Paso?

2025-07-21 Rich Wright ballpark, Economic Development, population, Quality of Life Projects, Slider 5 comments

El Paso’s population growth used to be robust. Right up till 2012. From 2010 to 2012, the population of the

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Cary Grant in “Mr. Lucky”

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“Tunnel Houses: Living in an Ultra-thin Tube”

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Earl Grant “Autumn Leaves”

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El Chuqueño Lately

  • 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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