The Louisiana Governor and Legislature seem to be in free fall as they continue hollering that the fiscal sky is falling. The state is busted, and may have to shutdown many programs. But how serious is the financial problem, and how much is generally political hype? The state income keeps going up at a rapid...Read More
January 18th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HOW BAD IS STATE FISCAL MESS? The sky is falling, the sky is falling. At least the Louisiana fiscal sky is in a tailspin, or so says the Governor and a number of legislative leaders. The hue and cry is for one billion dollars in new taxes along with...Read More
Guest list for Sunday, Jan. 21st, 2018. 9:30 am – Professor Steve  Nemerovski ((political Dysfunction) 10:00 am – Prof. Allan Saxe    (Government Shut down) 10:30 am – Mike Rubin  (New legal thriller-“Cashed Out.“)Read More
Here’s a moving video to listen to in celebrating Martin Luther King’s anniversary. At Carnegie Hall, gospel singer Wintley Phipps delivers perhaps the most powerful rendition of Amazing Grace . He says, “A lot of people don’t realize that just about all NegroSpirituals are written on the black notes of the piano. Slaves were not permitted to use the white...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.
