Shelly: Today, September 8, marks the 116th anniversary of the 1900 Galveston Storm, the deadliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Last year I spoke about the 1900 Storm at Houston area libraries in support of the Gulf Coast Reads program,...
Storm of the Century by Al RokerAs the co-editor of Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm, whenever a new book is published about the 1900 Storm, fiction or non-fiction, someone in my family calls to ask my opinion. So when Al Roker released...
Photo courtesy of the RosenbergLibrary, Galveston, TX.Tonight my thoughts bounce back and forth between the events of this morning, Sept 8, 2015 and events of September 8, 1900. Today is the 115th anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the history of the...
Early voting in Texas begins today Monday, October 20th and runs through Friday, October 31st. There are many reasons to early vote or to wait until election day, but registered voters in Texas are allowed to early vote in person for any reason at any voting...
When she started campaigning last August for the US House of Representatives, Felicia Harris had zero name recognition and faced eight men in the primary. Despite the odds, she won a run-off position for Ron Paul’s vacant seat in District 14. After recent...
