HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the state’s electoral votes go to the top...Read More

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the...Read More

There never is a lack of challenging topics to talk about on the radio, particularly this weekend.  “˜We have a full agenda planned and we hope you will be able to join the show.  How about we start grading parents as well as the kids?  Teachers overwhelmingly agree that parental guidance and participation is a...Read More

I was over in the Pensacola, Florida area last week.  My radio program is carried over WNVY (1070 am) and WVTJ (610am) so it was ice to touch base with a number of regular listeners throughout that area.  Tourism is still down following the Gulf Oil spill, and may restaurants complain that many northerners think...Read More

Well President Obama might need to get a little protocol help on his next foreign trip.  While visiting the London last week, the President attended a dinner with Queen Elizabeth and a number of British officials. He decided to raise his glass and make a toast, all quite proper, but then he does so and...Read More