Rigging and redistricting in Texas politics
Guest View by Steve Showalter argues that voter support for incumbents remains high due to partisan gerrymandering. He explains redistricting skews toward parties, enabling preordained outcomes in both congressional and state legislative races, urging balanced maps to restore voter choice.
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Congress
Texas
Washington
Gene Green
Ted Poe
Brian Rabin
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Poe
Rabin
This Week's Question: Favorite Christmas Season Song
Readers share their top Christmas season song picks and invite others to vote at Baytown Sun's online page.
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Rudolph
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Inhaling Anesthesia First Used in Dentistry 1844
Historical note marks Dr. Horace Wells performing the first experimental use of nitrous oxide as an inhaled anesthetic in dentistry in Hartford Connecticut. The year 1972 saw Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt become the last to walk on the Moon. In 1980 Jimmy Carter signed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act creating a 1.6 billion environmental cleanup fund. Thought for Today quotes Heywood Broun.
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Horace Wells
Hartford
Connecticut
Eugene Cernan
Harrison Schmitt
Jimmy Carter
Goos e Creek era recollections honor local figures
Wanda Orton recalls Hettie Perry and Dr A N Foster as Goose Creek school and community pillars. She notes Perry’s boarding house on Hog Island, later dormitory work in Baytown, and Foster’s tenure at San Jacinto and Baytown Elementary, plus his UT El Paso obituary.
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Hog Island
Goose Creek
Hettie
George Perry
Baytown
Sara Bailey
Sara Snyder
M.L
Doug” Snyder
Houston
David Burnet
Wooster
Jimmy
Stuart
BJH
Mr. Sparks
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Foster
A.N
Alonzo Neil
University of Texas At
Quiet Thanksgiving Ends With Boredom and Family Notes
Jim Finley recalls a quiet pre Thanksgiving day at his home with wife Margie and their great grandson Collin Erikson. The piece details days of babysitting chaos, Tom and Jerry binges, Panda Express lunch, and a bee sting during a Connor Erikson baseball game, ending with a small babysitting fee and reflections on family dynamics.
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Collin Erikson
St. Andrews Drive
Clinton
George Washington
Collin
Jerry
Tom and Jerry
Scott
Jackie
Devin
Panda Express
Bill O’ Reilly
Eriksons
Katie
Christian
Kamille
Steve Richards
Connor Erikson
Conroe
Connor
Texas Orthopedic Hospital
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