Jim is taking a break for the next several weeks, and will be out of the country until early April.  This site needs some updating, so there will be no new posts up for the next two weeks.  If you signed up on the box at left, we will see you receive a...Read More

  Louisiana has produced a number of country music stars, and one of my favorites is Joe Stampley from Springhill, just north of Minden, La.  Joe has been around since the sixties and has a long list of country hits. I’ve known him for almost that long.  He was in Baton Rouge last weekend and...Read More

If you are a baseball fan like me, you have to have a favorite team or two.  I’ve always like the St. Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds.  Pete Rose is the bad boy of baseball, but was also one of the games all time greats when he played in Cincinnati.  He lives in Los Angeles,...Read More

  Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HEY BOBBY JINDAL IT’S INDIA NOT IOWA! Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent “speech to the nation” was panned by both Democrats and Republicans alike. It would not be fair to say that his national career has crashed and burned, but it certainly makes sense for him to...Read More