A crane is pictured lowering a rusty remnant of the Holocaust onto tracks outside Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage.  It’s a windowless German boxcar like those used to transport men, women and children to Auschwitz and other Nazi death camps.  It’s among 700 Holocaust artifacts, most never before seen in the United States, being prepared for...Read More

It’s election year in Louisiana, and one of the big issues will be the outrageous cost of automobile insurance. It’s the highest in America. So the politicians are running for cover. Several commissions have been appointed, and everybody is screaming what to do, what to do. It’s simple in my opinion. And I’ll explain in...Read More

Thursday, March 21, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOWERING AUTO INSURANCE RATES IN LOUISIANA! Statewide elections are six months away, so after ignoring Louisiana’s outrageously high insurance rates for the past three years, legislators are running for cover.  Two study commissions have been created, one by the Governor and another by the Insurance Department, for the...Read More

We are excited about our Common Sense weekend radio program soon to air.  Who could do a better pick of selecting Final four winners? Artificial intelligence through the computer, or basketball fans? We will talk about it with DJ Sebastian, who advises clients on advanced technologies. And how about the charges being dropped against actor...Read More

Thursday, March 21st, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A FERRIDAY MUSICAL LEGAND TAKES TIME TO HEAL!  “The Killer” needs to take a break from Rock and Roll.  Jerry Lee Lewis had a recent stroke and will spend the coming months in a rehab facility near his home in Nashville.  I was looking forward to his April...Read More

“The Killer” himself, Jerry Lee Lewis, is a little under the weather right now. He had stroke, and will miss the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. I already had my tickets. You may not know it, but Jerry Lee was my first client as a lawyer when I moved to Ferriday, La. some 52...Read More

We are getting ready for the Common-Sense radio show, and a full packed weekend. Dr.  David Young join Josh from Connecticut to talk about how local police killed his dog. A chilling story. Then did you observe the Spring equinox?  Donna Henes will tell us just what it means.  And finally, professor David Peters, a...Read More

Pretty cool! The Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day, a city tradition since 1962. Below … How it happens, per the Chicago Tribune: “Three men [on a boat] use flour sifters to dump about 40 pounds of an environmentally friendly orange powder into the river.”  The powder … turns the water bright...Read More

March 14th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana OPPOSITION FOR STATEWIDE CANDIDATES! Qualification for this fall’s gubernatorial election is less than five months away.  So far, there are only two races at the statewide level that are competitive. The governor’s race always draws a crowd, with Governor Edwards being challenged so far by two major and well-funded...Read More

Elections in Louisiana are just around the corner, but in some statewide races, opposition is hard to find for some incumbents.  But does any candidate find today, when all is said and done, find that they have no opposition?  It did happen in a major state wide race some 36 years ago. It was predestined,...Read More

Are you ready for weekend radio? It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, with much going on. A shocking new poll reveals a majority of American young people embrace socialism. What’s going on? We will talk to Dr. John Huber about this phenomenon. And some 4000 retail outlets have closed so far this year.  Is this the...Read More

  FIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE JIM BROWN WEBSITE AND THE  “COMMON SENSE” RADIO PROGRAM. 1)    Follow @JimBrownla on Twitter and share (tweet or retweet, as it’s known in Twitter-speak) likes to recent articles and videos on the Jim Brown site. 2)    Become a friend of Jim Brown on Facebook. If you are a member...Read More

Heavy winter rains in California have produced a “super bloom” of wildflowers around the state, including these wild poppies blanketing the hills of Walker Canyon near Lake Elsinore, Calif.Read More

A number of states in the U.S. have been declared judicial hellholes. The complaint in most of these states is that trial judges are often influenced by campaign contributions. There’s been a recent hue and cry to appoint judges rather than elect them. That’s fine if you get to do the appointing. I write about...Read More

March 6th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  IS LOUISIANA A JUDICIAL HELLHOLE? According to several watchdog organizations, Louisiana has one of the worst judicial climates in the country.  The state has been given the dubious title of the nation’s judicial hellhole by several neutral watchdog groups. Campaign funds given to a judicial candidate are often cited as...Read More

Radio weekend is at hand, and we have a full schedule set. Quite an accomplishment since we are all just recovering from Mardi Gras down here in the deepest of the southern states.  Should your kids play football at a very young age? Many medical professionals think they should not. Massachusetts, in fact, it is...Read More

We take Mardi Gras quite seriously down here in the Bayou State. If you’ve never been to our part of the country to see it, you have really missed quite a spectacle. It is obviously the greatest free show on earth. But now it’s over, and time to cleanup. And what a cleanup job is...Read More

Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy made a Facebook post saying that he caught a raccoon in his backyard and ate it for breakfast. Okay, okay. Don’t roll your eyes. Have you ever tried raccoon? Actually, it’s a staple in many rural areas, particularly in the south. And guess what? I even have my own recipe....Read More

February 28th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana RACCOONS AND LOUISIANA POLITICS! U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy has stirred up a hornet’s nest back in the Bayou State over his Facebook comments of eating a Louisiana delicacy.  The Senator had this to say: “Found this raccoon in my backyard.  We ate him for breakfast.” He even included a...Read More

Much to talk about this weekend on our syndicated radio program. We will talk about a good bit of humorous news.  Did you watch the Oscars last week? Film critic Julie Fisk will join us again to give her impressions of how relevant this program is anymore. And then Lydia Smith, will discuss her new...Read More

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February 21, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HOW CAN LOUISIANA BECOME A PLAYER IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Presidential election season has kicked off earlier than usual with new democrat candidates appearing almost daily.  Fourteen announced candidates so far with others like former Vice President Joe Biden waiting in the wings.  The President is unopposed for now, but...Read More

Democratic presidential candidates are coming out of the woodwork, what’s apparently others too soon announce. Election season is here, and before you know it, presidential primaries will begin. How relevant is Louisiana in the whole process to pick a candidate? Not relevant at all. But a slight change in the law could put Louisiana in...Read More

We’re close at hand for weekend radio the Common Radio Show, and so much to talk about this weekend. How about the new reports of the cheating going on at Yale University and other major colleges? Educational expert David Dillard will join us to discuss. Also, have you ever thought about walking the Camino Trail...Read More

Last Thursday, two female activists disrobed inside the Washington National Gallery of Art to protest what they say is a lack of diversity in the artists being featured. One led security on a brief chase before being subdued.  Sounds like a weak protest.  The public, I would think, decides what they will pay to see...Read More

Are you a NAS Car fan? A wreck-filled running of NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in Florida last week.   There was an accident on pit road, a 21-car crash, 12 cautions and five wrecks in the final 20 laps of regulation. The race was stopped twice for cleanup totaling nearly 40 minutes in the final stretch.  Take...Read More

The state of Virginia is in a blackface uproar as controversy surrounds both the Governor in the Attorney General who admit to wearing blackface some 35 years ago. Does something in one’s past that happened a long time ago make them unfit to serve in public office today? There’s quite a comparison between Virginia and...Read More

February 14th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana BLACKFACE, LOUISIANA AND CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES! Blackface mania has consumed voters in Virginia and is seeping into other states.  Are their closeted politicians in Louisiana who are perusing their old yearbooks and scrapbooks to see if there are any blackface photos lurking in their past?  Actually, no, since blackface...Read More

For weekend radio, we have a jam packed show plan for our listeners. What about all these tax giveaways to large corporations? Do they really make a difference? We will talk with Russell Latino, Vice President, Economic Freedom at Americans for Prosperity to gets his concerns.  And there is a lot of talking in Congress...Read More

I came across an old Dean Martin tape while cleaning some book shelves.  Wow, it was really a different time back then. Entertainment was not so politically correct, and celebrities from all races openly made fun of each other and their ethnic backgrounds. If something like this were put on today, there would certainly be...Read More

February 7th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  GESTAPO TACTICS IN AMERICA? It sounded like it came out of a movie plot.  In the early morning hours, federal agents stormed a home to make an arrest.  They had to be after some major drug lord or a sought-after terrorist.  There were 29 agents all wearing military gear...Read More

All over the world, we get news reports of governments barging into people’s home and arresting them in the middle the night. The Middle East, South America, the Far East, few countries seem immune from these Gestapo tactics. And certainly not America, right? Well, not so fast. We saw the jackboots in action this past...Read More

The Common-Sense radio show is fast approaching for the weekend with a great array of guests. We will discuss Helen Zia’s LAST BOAT OUT OF SHANGHAI that has received a rave review from the Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. She will discuss the current day anti-immigrant attacks emanating from the White House, and the current China ““ U.S. tensions. ...Read More

The Super Bowl was a dud of a game. BORING, including the halftime show. I wish I had gone to the French Quarter parade. Geaux Saints!Read More

I’ve been a Slim Bawb music fan foe years, and sure enjoyed his recent concert in Baton Rouge at the Red Dragon.  Check him out below.Read More

  How do you put a dollar value on the worth of a public official? How about this idea. Shouldn’t receiving any salary increase be based on results?  Should time and work be the only criteria in paying public employees? Why not pay the governor and a cross section of other public officials that directly...Read More

IN LOUISIANA, MAKE PERFORMANCE MATTER! How do you put a dollar value on the worth of a public official?  How about this idea. Shouldn’t receiving any salary increase be based on results? LSU football coach Ed Orgeron will pocket some three and a half million dollars this year, making him one of the highest-paid football...Read More

It’s about time for Super Bowl weekend, and we really have a lively program shuts for the Common-Sense Radio show. In New Orleans, fans have not gotten over the no call the kept the Saints from going to the Super Bowl. But life goes on, and we will have projections about who the winner will...Read More

Talk about a loyal and dedicated worker! An employee of Pozorski Hauling & Recycling collects trash during the snowstorm in Manitowoc, Wis. How would you like to be out working under such conditions?Read More

January 24th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  A NO-CALL FOR THE SAINTS AS WELL AS LOUISIANA VOTERS! New Orleans Saints fans and practically the whole state of Louisiana are up in arms.  And for good reason.  It’s become the most talked about call in the history of NFL football.  Simply put-the Saints got robbed. You had...Read More

We got robbed” would be an understatement on what happened in the Superdome last week. Yes, the game was taken away from us Saints fans, an outrage over the terrible non-call is rightly deserved. But should such outrage in Louisiana be limited just to football game? What about similar outrage over our quality of life,...Read More

A wild and woolly radio show weekend is close at hand, and we really have a duzer this week. Did the referees get bought off in the New Orleans Saints”“ LA Rams game? They think so in New Orleans. Also, just how bad is the government shutdown? Dr. O, our global ““ affairs consultant, will...Read More

This combination photo shows the totally eclipsed moon (center), and others at different stages during the total lunar eclipse, as seen in the U.S. let week.  Quite  sight if you missed it.Read More

Great news coming out of Louisiana from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center here in Baton Rouge. Don’t worry so much about sugar anymore. The whole key to staying healthy is exercise. Or so they say. Two recent studies by the respected research Center conclude that sugar ain’t all that bad. But what may surprise you...Read More

January 17th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana GET HEALTHY-DRINK MORE COKE? I picked up a recent copy of Men’s Health Magazinewith a lengthy article on weight loss based on research from Louisiana’s own Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The results were typical-eat less, eat early, breath deep, get and lots of exercise. And sugar?  The Pennington study concludes...Read More

Our weekend Common Sense radio show is close at hand, and we are preparing for a lively program. How about the new commercial highlighting the #Metoo movement put on by Gillette? For against? Our friend Ryan McCormick with the Goldman and McCormick public relations firm will join us to discuss. Then we will talk about...Read More

We are quite pleased to welcome WWDC HD2 101.7 FM to our  lineup stations coast to coast who carry the Common Sense Radio  Network live  on Sundays from 10a-12p eastern (9a-11a central).  This is a 99 Watt station in the Washington D.C.-Silver Spring-Alexandria, MD/VA market with a combined population greater than 930,000 listeners.  Welcome Washington D.C. radio listeners.Read More

January 10th, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HAS COLLEGE FOOTBALL BECOME A PRO SPORT? It’s the end of the college football season with Clemson taking a resounding victory over favored Alabama.   The year also produced a financial bonanza for top tier football schools all over the country. ESPN has paid some 7 billion dollars for the...Read More

College football season is just ended, and schools over the country are counting their huge profits. Is the purpose of high-end athletic programs to spend millions of dollars on the football program as a huge profit maker? What happened to sports being extracurricular activities? And are the athletes being short changed by receiving a pittance...Read More

A great program is scheduled for our Radio Common Sense program to be aired this weekend. So much in the national news to discuss, as the President never ceases to supply controversial fodder for us. We will have Dr. David Barczak on our program with details to discuss why Americans  get continue to be so...Read More

It would be an understatement to say that the “Who Dat” Nation is not getting fired up for a big weekend of football in New Orleans. The New Orleans Saints are favored to make it to the NFL championship game, and it’s a crazy time to be in New Orleans. You can get a sense...Read More

Comparing Austin Texas and Baton Rouge is almost like comparing apples and oranges. Yes, at one time, both towns were lazy, easy-going southern cities. But no more. Austin shot a head like a rocket. Baton Rouge is still slowly growing. The University of Texas is one of the best funded schools in the country. LSU...Read More

January 3rd, 2019 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  COMPARING AUSTIN AND BATON ROUGE! For as far back as I can remember, comparisons have been made between Louisiana’s state capitol city and Austin, Texas. In the 1960s the population of both cities were about the same. Austin and Baton Rouge were the homes of both the centers of state...Read More

A lively show planned for radio Common Sense for this weekend.  Guests include -Nanci Danison, who will give Insights into the afterlife. Dr. Keith Kantor will give tips for losing weight, and Dr. Gerald Celente will share Projections for 2019.   Showtunes in for an interesting program. Check local listings for times and stations. We will see...Read More

December 27th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana NEW YEAR THOUGHTS FROM THE BAYOU STATE! Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do.  A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but this coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past.  The Chinese have a saying: “May...Read More

Are you anxious for a new year to begin, and putting all the problems in 2018 behind? How about New Year’s resolutions? Do you make them? I certainly do, and I write about my hopes for family, friends, and my country in my new column now posted. Despite all the controversies in our country, there’s...Read More

December 20th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE HOLIDAYS OFFER US A SECOND CHANCE! Most of us have been swept up in the momentum of the holiday season. We have passed Thanksgiving, reached the Christmas milestone and are approaching New Year’s Day, the third in the trilogy of holidays. Sure, there is a lot of our attention...Read More

I hope you’re ready for the many holiday events that will take place in the coming days. In this week’s column, I write about this special time of year. It begins at Thanksgiving when the pilgrims came to America and were looking for a second chance. Then on to Christmas, when we were given a...Read More

It’s the holiday season for weekend radio and we have a full line up set for our syndicated radio program. Dr. Timothy Jost, who teaches at Washington and Lee Law school, will join us for an update on the Affordable Care Act, that just was declared unconstitutional. What happens now? Also, Dr. Michael Heiser will...Read More

Below is a chilling story from the American Thinker magazine making allegations that the FBI is falsifying information that is put down in their written summaries of previous interviews.  The article raises the question, why aren’t such interviews tape-recorded to begin with?  Does the FBI  manufacture evidence as this article suggests?  And you wonder why...Read More