Is there something exquisitely special about New Orleans? Of course there is, and wherever you live in the country, you know it. That is, in the private sector. Jazz, food, artists, writers, and creative young people moving in to the Crescent City in record numbers. But, unfortunately, the city that care forgot has a criminal...Read More
Thursday, April 12th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  NEW ORLEANS THE WORST CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN AMERICA! Is there something special about New Orleans?  Of course there is. The city that care forgot is unique in so many ways. I could make a list that would go on for pages about the sui generis way of...Read More
I’m a big Mary Gauthier fan. And it’s not that she is from my hometown of Baton Rouge. She’s a heck of a song writer, and the Louisiana native-turned-Nashville resident Gauthier (it’s French; pronounced Go-SHAY), whose songs have earned praise from Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, and been recorded by Jimmy Buffett, Blake Shelton and...Read More
A provocative look at the deepest of the deep southern states by two veterans of Louisiana politics. Thoughts that are informative, candid, humorous, and sometimes controversial about life in one of the most interesting and rabble-rousing states in the nation.
