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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2019
Page
4
A reader argues sweeping bans fail to curb violence and mocks bans on guns by proposing banning deranged humans, comparing to banning bread, blankets, cribs, windows, and automobiles. The letter targets Obama era politicking and advocates broad, impractical measures.
A reader argues for an assault weapons ban, challenging the NRA line that guns alone kill. He questions the relevance of militias and the idea that the Second Amendment guarantees an absolute right to bear arms in modern America, urging action to curb the gun problem.
Carol Skewes letters to the Baytown Sun publisher Rosetta Farrar denounce a August 15 political cartoon as hate propaganda. The writer accuses media of biased coverage, blasts gun rights rhetoric, and questions school safety discussions tied to local Goose Creek CISD.
On this date 1866 marked the Civil War end by Andrew Johnson, 1964 saw Lyndon B. Johnson sign the Economic Opportunity Act, nearly 1 billion dollars for anti poverty efforts, and a year ago The Eagles’ greatest hits surpassed Michael Jackson’s Thriller as the top selling U.S. album. Solzhenitsyn’s thought centers on justice as the conscience of humanity.
A memoir recalls childhood moves from town to country to a two story house with an unfinished upstairs. The attic room as a private sanctuary, the mulberry tree swing, the red barn, a creek and sandbox works shaping a lasting sense of home. John Martin, retired teacher and author, shares contact details.
Democrats see the Bonnengate clash as a chance to flip the Texas House. Speaker Dennis Bonnen faced a leaked June 12 proposal offering press access in exchange for helping defeat ten GOP colleagues. Michael Sullivan of Empower Texans revealed a secret recording on July 25, triggering investigations and reshaping party dynamics ahead of 2020 elections.
In wake of the Aug 3 El Paso mass murder, Beto O’Rourke returns to presidential campaigning with a new strategy. He vows to reach voters wherever problems exist, denounces Trump rhetoric, and contrasts his hometown tragedy with broader immigrant-rights concerns, signaling a revised path for his bid.
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