June 28th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana EARLY LEARNING IRRELEVANT IN LOUISIANA! Legislators were high fiving this week over the balancing of the state budget by increasing the already highest sales tax in the nation. Fully funding the TOPS tuition program for college students became the centerpiece for much of the discussion. But through all the...Read More

Wow! Our weekend common sense radio show is really shaping up to be a Blockbuster program. Best-selling author Samuel Mitchan will kickoff our show to discuss his new book about the Civil War called “Vicksburg.” He makes the case that the Battle of Vicksburg was the decisive battle for the defeat of the Confederates. We...Read More

There is so much good young talent all over the world. And when it comes to singing, there really is not too young an  age to begin. Check out this darling little girl singing with her dad. She is really something special.Read More

Thursday, June 21st 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  RUSSIANS AND ELECTION FRAUD?  YEAH, RIGHT!  “The Russians are coming!  The Russians are coming!” And according to politicians in both parties, they are out to infiltrate the entire U.S. election process.  A special prosecutor is looking under every rock to find the culprits involved.  And down here in Louisiana,...Read More

To some politicians, the Russian involvement in our US elections is a real travesty. But guess what? We’ve been infiltrating both Russia and many other countries, undermining their election process for a number of years. And have the Russians really been successful? Then there’s the question of can you really break into the voting machine...Read More

So much to talk about on this week’s commonsense radio show. The FBI seems to be imploding from within, and the culture of corruption continues. Is your any hope of signing up the big mess created by the FBI? Harvard professor Lauren Wright will join us to discuss what an earth to do about the...Read More

So you buy a special gate to block off a ladder to your summing pool, so as to protect young kids. And you certainly expect it to work, right? Well take a look at the video below. This tiny young boy muscles right up over the protection gate into the swimming pool slide. This manufacturer...Read More

Thursday, June 14th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SCANDALOUS LOUISIANA INSURANCE RATES!  Can you put lipstick on a pig? Well, business leaders are certainly giving it their best shot in an effort to counteract the fact that Louisiana’s outrageously expensive insurance rates make the Bayou State an environment hostile to the attraction of new businesses.  But,...Read More

Louisiana automobile insurance costs continue to skyrocket, with no end in sight. Yet the politicians in Baton Rouge continue to ignore the problem. Not a word about higher insurance rates from the governor, the legislature, or the insurance department.  Why are Louisiana costs so high and so out of line with the rest of the nation? ...Read More

Our common sense weekend radio program is just round the corner, and we will have a jam-packed show. We will talk about how many Americans are getting tired of the MuellerFBI investigation, with former special FBI agent Jeff Lanza.   Also, sports’ betting is now become legal. John Rothschild is a leading sports betting expert and...Read More

An FBI agent who shot a man in the leg after dropping his gun while doing a backflip on a dance floor has been charged with second-degree assault and more charges could be filed based on the results of blood alcohol tests. Just another in a series of FBI screw ups.Read More

Some choices we have to make in our life are so hard they seem impossible to make. We’re specifically talking about moral dilemmas and life-changing decisions here, when both options just seem so unfair or undesirable but something’s gotta be done. So get ready and calibrate your moral compass because we’ve prepared the hardest test...Read More

Most Americans love their local professional sports teams. Whether its football, basketball, baseball, hockey, or other competitive teams, we love to cheer them on. Major sports teams want the big glitzy stadiums with VIP boxes, huge televisions that surround the stadium, and many other amenities. Who pays the cost? In many instances, taxpayers do. Is...Read More

June 7th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WHY TAX DOLLARS FOR THE SAINTS? The Times Picayune reported last week that the New Orleans Saints may ask the state to pay for a $350 million upgrade to the Superdome before the 2024 Super bowl. That’s a huge taxpayer commitment for a state that can’t even fund education...Read More

The “Common Sense” Radio Show will feature regular hosts Rannah Gray and Leo Honeycutt this weekend as host Jim Brown takes a break up in the North Carolina mountains. Listeners can look forward to current updates on crazy world events, as well as a balanced perspective as to what’s going on in our country today.  Tune...Read More

“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn’t in flames…That there are people in this country besides politicians, entertainers and criminals. And they do really good things.” A little girl wipes away the tears of a man on TV…Read More

As all of you Cajuns and rednecks know, we eat about anything down here in the Bayou State. Even our state wildlife office supplies locals with recipes for nutria.  And that’s a big rat.  So should there be any reluctance to eat horsemeat?  Horse lovers, in the old west tradition, have been protective of their horses. ...Read More

A BIG radio weekend planned and we hope you can join us.  Starbucks’s continues to deal with the fallout of not serving some customers.Dr. ArLyne Diamond, President & Founder of Diamond Associates & Workplace Consultant will give advice to this large company. And the sports princess, Kate Delaney, will give her thoughts on NFL players...Read More

May 31st, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana Louisiana has been called the Culinary Mecca of America.  Folks in this part of the country can take just about anything edible and make it not just good, but quite exceptional.  And when we say anything, we mean everything.  There is virtually no limit to what a Cajun will...Read More

These royal weddings can realty be a pain. Tea, crumpets, hangin’ out with the Queen. It sure will be good to get back home to Baton Rouge, agree?Read More

Can you believe, a high-rise pig farm?  On Yaji Mountain in southern China, 1,000 sows per floor crowd into high-rise “hog hotels,” It’s a 13-floor breeding operation will be the world’s tallest building of its kind.  Hard to imagine what producing food will be like in the years to come.  Read More

THE TOAST OF LSU! If there ever was a Louisiana legend down here the Bayou State, it was Heisman Trophy winner and football All-American Billy Cannon. He died this week, and the whole state is in mourning. Billy Cannon had his highs and lows, but the people down here loved him wherever he went. Even...Read More

May 24th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana   THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF BILLY CANNON THE TOAST OF LSU!  Billy Cannon died this week. He was a Louisiana sports legend. There are some things you just don’t forget. Where you were on 9/11, or when President John Kennedy was shot.  Down here in the Bayou State, add to...Read More

Showtime for our Common Sense radio program. Do we now have spygate engulfing the FBI? And how about Hawaii’s volcano”“ Is it telling us something? Dr. Richard Ruhling thinks so and will tie in Biblical prophecy. His latest book is “God bless America?” Also author Jim DeFelice will talk about his new book, “West Like Lightning”, about...Read More

If you live down here in Louisiana, you keep your eye out for flooding during this time of year. There’s massive runoff from rivers and streams throughout the north, the pass right by my hometown. The map below really pushes the focus on how much water actually come down the river. Two thirds of all...Read More

Public confidence in both the Republican and Democratic parties is at an all-time low, both in Washington as well as the state level. Political gridlock, in the view of many Americans, keeps anything from getting done. That’s why more and more voters are switching their allegiances to becoming independent. Is there room for a new...Read More

Wow! What a weekend radio schedule we have planned. Lots of controversy over the opening of the new Jerusalem Embassy for America. Aaron David Miller, author of “The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President”will join us to discuss. Then, do you live in a happy state?  Pamela Gail...Read More

Thursday, May 17th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A THIRD POLITICAL PARTY FOR LOUISIANA? Political parties are at a low ebb both in Louisiana and throughout the rest of the country. Public opinion often dips below 40% approval rating in numerous national and statewide polling. Voters continue to lose faith in how both Democrats and Republicans...Read More

So what do you do when a volcano is about  to engulf everything around you?  Simple.  You  go play golf, right?  Check out Ppople play golf in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park yesterday as an ash plume rises in the distance from the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.  I think I would play another time personally.Read More

Just how long do you want to live? A Pennsylvania University professor says the cutoff should be 75 years, and that nothing much good happens after 75. Do you think is right? Is 75 years enough time to live a full life? I personally don’t think so, and I believe the professor is way off...Read More

The whole weekend radio gang is back with Leo Honeycutt and Rannah Gray joining me for a lively program this weekend,updating listeners on all the latest news with a humorous twist. We’ll have some fun, but also pick apart everything from the President down to the coarse language being used all over America today. So...Read More

Thursday, May 10th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana GETTING OLDER AIN’T ALL THAT BAD! There is a disturbing article in a recent issue of Atlantic Magazine by a prominent physician at the University of Pennsylvania. Ezekiel J. Emanuelis an oncologist, a bioethicist, and a vice provost of the University, and is the author or editor of...Read More

I have always enjoyed trying to figure out magic tricks.  And here’s one I really have no idea how it was done.  Watch magician Nate Staniforth performs the impossible and amazing ‘Lottery Ticket Illusion.’  How does he do it?  I take no responsibility if thinking about this magic trick keeps you awake at night. Take a...Read More

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE DANGERS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN LOUISIANA! Is medical marijuana the next Louisiana boondoggle?  The current Louisiana legislature seems bent on pushing through extended legislation that enlarges the number of medical conditions marijuana is supposed to treat. And even though the use of marijuana for any purpose, medical or...Read More

The Louisiana legislature seems to be rushing a number of new laws expanding the use of medical marijuana. Spasms, stress, back pain, you name it. Under the new law, a wide variety of discomforts qualify you to get a prescription for marijuana. Interestingly, doctors are not jumping on board, and endorsing such a move. Why not?...Read More

A full schedule for weekend radio program. Oral friend, Eric Anderson, former US intelligence officer, will join us to update on the Korean situation as well as the present James Comey controversy. What’s better in restrooms, hand dryers or paper towels? Mark Warner, infectious disease expert will discuss. And how about that Georgia nursing home...Read More

What an impressive new National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., as a monument to the thousands of black people who have been lynched. Many of the nearly 4,400 victims had never been named in public.  I’m looking forward to a viewing when I travel up that way next month.Read More

Just what does it take to live and long life, maybe even 100 years?  One component wold be that if we did everything with kindness and love, peace and happiness would come to us. A wise and good person is composed and happy, whereas a fool is always worried and full of distress and negativity....Read More

When it comes to the FBI, what’s the real truth about lying? Simply put, the FBI lies in gathering information every day. Now we have the nation’s top cops enmeshed into a number of lies themselves, and being investigated for it. What do we expect from Americans top law-enforcement agency? And are we getting our...Read More

Radio weekend is almost here and there sure is a lot of talk about. We’ll start off looking at the Starbucks controversy with guess Nita Wiggins. (https://www.nitawiggins.com).  Can Starbucks ever asked someone to lead their establishment?  Then Dr. Paul Wand we’ll discuss the increasing problem of concussions for athletes. (www.brainhealingcenter.com).   America’s moneyman, Jordan Goodman, will...Read More

Thursday, April 26th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana COMEY AND FBI MISS THE TRUTH ABOUT LYING! Sad to say that the truth has become a diminishing commodity in America today.  Particularly when it comes to many branches of government. Remember the old adage that “I’m from the federal government and I’m here to help you?”Â  Too often,...Read More

So you are considering going out to dinner and wondering just where to go for a really good meal. How but the White house?  The menu for the recent State Dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron was previewed in the State Dining Room.  See if this meets your taste.Read More

There is so much anger and bad news in the world today.  Seems we can’t get away from one controversy after the other.  So let’s pause for a minute and show you a bit of good news for a change.  Enjoy below.Read More

Former FBI Director James Comey is all over America, spinning his firing by President Trump, and trying to sell books. If you are from Louisiana, you probably know about Comey’s efforts to attempt to destroy the reputation of a distinguished LSU professor.  Read all about this huge injustice in my new column now posted.  You...Read More

What a weekend coming up. We really need the whole day. We will try to straighten out the former FBI director James Comey mess for you in his tireless efforts to sell books.  Princeton’s Dr. Lauren Wright will join us to discuss. The US Supreme Court this week is considering allowing states to tax Internet sales....Read More

Texas singer-songwriter Terri Hendrix put on quite a show at the Red Dragon in Baton Rouge last night. She covers the gamut in her music and her music belongs to the Americana genre, encompassing folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz. Check her out on YouTube. As you can see, I’m a big fan.Read More

Thursday, April 19th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana COMEY ALLOWED INJUSTICE IN LOUISIANA! So our President is a mafia boss, an unethical liar and “morally unfit” to be leading the country. At least that’s the opinion of former FBI chief James Comey. In his recent interviews, Comey also has a problem with Donald Trump’s orange skin,...Read More

We get it, Texas. Crawfish boils are awesome. We understand why you want to chow down on these tasty critters.  In a commercial for H.E.B., a grocery chain, the owner of a Texas winery throws a boil for his customers. Clearly a few of the finer points of a boil got lost between South Louisiana...Read More

A gathering of the few living delegates to the 1973 Constitutional Convention in Baton Rouge last week honored  in the House of Representatives chamber. Not too many of us old guys still around.  (Left to right)-former Rep. Woody Jenkins, House Speaker Bubba Henry, retired Judge Stan Duvall, yours truly, former Sen. Tony Guarisco,Shipping magnate Boysie Bollinger,...Read More

Louisiana is always looking for the quick fix. It was oil and gas some years back. Today it is casinos and other forms of gambling. And there are discussions in the legislature to increase more gambling options. Is more gambling the answer to improving Louisiana’s quality-of-life? Other states don’t think so. I write about the...Read More

Thursday, April 12th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana DOWNSIDE OF CASINOS IN LOUISIANA! Several quick financial fixes are being discussed in the current session of the Legislature involving the expansion of gambling.  Here’s an interesting thought. Why is it that Louisiana and neighboring state Mississippi are always on the bottom of every national ranking involving virtually...Read More

Wow, what a busy weekend radio program we have scheduled. The FBI raiding the offices of the President’s lawyer? Whatever happened to attorney-client privilege? Eric Anderson, a retired member the US intelligence community, will join us to discuss. Have you filed your income taxes yet? Lydia Desnoyers, a CPA from for Miami, will give us...Read More

Border moment Herika Martinez / AFP / Getty Images According to Agence France-Presse, these photos taken yesterday show several men helping a border jumper to climb a 20-foot wall to cross to Sunland Park, N.M., from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. AFP reports: “With the help of three other men “” two to give him a boost...Read More

We are proud to announce that The Lisburn Press has just made available  a new novel called YELLOW JACK – This epic story begins in the 1800s down in New Orleans, following the 1853 yellow fever epidemic that killed nearly 9000 people. Greed precipitates a struggle between several families for absolute power. A fascinating novel based on...Read More

I guess for me the thrill is gone. I no longer get excited about March Madness. It’s more like March Sadness when you consider all the controversies facing college basketball today. Coaches and sports agents getting arrested, allegations of large payoffs to players and their families, athletes not even showing up for class and still...Read More

Thursday, April 5th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SADNESS OVER MARCH MADNESS! Let me begin right off by saying that I am a college basketball diehard through and through. Like most sports fans, I cheer on my favorite teams in a number of sports. But at the top of my list has always been college basketball. My...Read More

Our weekend radio show is close at hand, and we sure will have a lot to talk about. First, the sad state of college basketball, and implications for higher education. Then we will talk with Jeff Cohen who heads up the group called rootsaction.org, and we will discuss fake news that permeates the Internet. And should...Read More

Louisiana Senators Reunion! Old politicians never die, but they do get together once a year for a reunion.  My first elected office was to the Louisiana state senate back in 1971.  Former senators traditionally get together each May at the Louisianan state Capitol in Baton Rouge, and it’s nice to see old faces and renew...Read More

March 29th, 2018 Baton Rouge, Louisiana POLITICAL VISION NEEDED IN LOUISIANA! There were several gatherings at the state capitol in Baton Rouge last week.  Former legislators gathered for their annual reunion to catch up on old friendships and reminisce about past legislative accomplishments. And the few living delegates from the 1973 Louisiana Constitutional Convention were honored...Read More

We often hear about that “Vision Thing.”Â  Something that way too often our political leaders ignore or don’t have. That’s the problem down in Louisiana right now. Legislators and the Governors are struggling with a big budget deficit, and have a whole litany of problems to solve. But there always seems to be a crisis...Read More

We have a loaded show for this weekend, with a number of guests, and a long list of controversial topics. Obviously, gun control will be still on the front burner. Prof. Jerome Corsi, author of a new book called “Killing the Deep State” will join us to talk about practical responses to school shootings in...Read More

I hope you have a Happy Easter.  I’ll be hanging out with grandkids and family over in Perdido Key, Florida where we gather for a go0d time over the Easter weekend.  We will be attending Easter morning church services at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Gulf Shores, Alabama.  See you next week.Read More