We are approaching he weekend before Fat Tuesday and this is the prime time to visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras. This is the weekend when Bacchus and Endymion, two of the biggest parades of the season, roll down the streets of New Orleans. The streets are packed all day Saturday and Sunday with parade...Read More

It would be an understatement to say that my home state of Louisiana is in a real financial mess. Because of irresponsible spending under the previous governor and legislature, the Bayou State has to fill a financial hole this year in the coming five months of $750 million, And next year of almost $2 billion....Read More

Thursday, January 28th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ARE NEW LOUISIANA TAXES REALLY NECESSARY? Paraphrasing but updating former Louisiana Senator Russell Long’s famous saying about how to raise revenue, “We’re going tax you, we’re going tax me, we’ll even tax that guy behind the tree.” With only a few days in office, Louisiana’s new Governor John...Read More

Radio Program weekend schedule is set and we hope you will join us for a lively show. We begin with a discussion about end of life options with ER Doctor Kevin Haselhorst.  Then former Navy Seal Chris Sajnog discusses how to protect your family in a time of some many crimes and so many guns...Read More

You just don’t see entertainers like James Cagney and Bob Hope any more.  Humor,  talent galore, dancing, singing…they could do it all.  Take a look at these multi-talented guys below.Read More

Sometimes in the course of history, a smaller regional event can have worldwide consequences. The Battle of New Orleans ended the War of 1812 two hundred years ago. But what might have happened if the ragtag bunch of Louisiana frontiersman, had not beaten the British? What would have happened if the United States continued to...Read More

January 21st, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana WAS THE COURSE OF HISTORY CHANGED IN LOUISIANA? Two hundred years ago this month, Louisiana was the center of a major turning point in both American and world history. The War of 1812 was the first time in the short time of the nation’s history that the U.S. had...Read More

We are soon to go on the radio and a lively program is planned for our listeners this weekend. Should African American actors boycott the Academy Awards? Social commentator Lisa Durden thinks so and will join us to discuss. By the way, I disagree. Then our friend John Batty, a psychiatric nurse, will talk about his...Read More

Daughter and former CNN anchor Campbell Brown, whose organization, the Partnership for Educational Justice, is interviewed by Mangu-Ward, that took place at the National Summit on Educational Excellence in Wasington, D.C., Brown also discussed her decision to leave journalism for the “glamorous world” of ed reform, her response to critics who object to her tactic...Read More

We are all set for a lively radio program set for weekend and we hope you will plan to join us. Along with reviewing the week’s news, we will discuss workplace issues. As an employer, just what time do you have to allow for religions observances during the workday? Labor and employment law expert Brian...Read More

My home state of Louisiana has a new governor, and things kicked off at the state capital this week. I’ve been to just about every inauguration going back to 1972. I was sworn in on the state capitol steps on five different occasions. As an “over the hill” former politician, it’s nice to go back...Read More

Thursday, January 14th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana UPHILL BATTLES FOR LOUISIANA’S NEW GOVERNOR! Louisiana’s newly elected governor began his inaugural day on a high note with religious services at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge. But before he could even begin his inaugural address, things got dicey. The Louisiana House of Representatives rejected his...Read More

 Louisiana’s newly elected governor began his inaugural day on a high note with religious services at St. Joseph Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge. But before he could even begin his inaugural address, things got dicey. The Louisiana House of Representatives rejected his hand picked candidate for Speaker. Is this an indication of how his term...Read More

Folks down in the Bayou State just finished a knockdown, drag out gubernatorial election. Most voters want to breathe a sigh of relief, and have a have a little break in the election cycle. But that’s not to be. It’s presidential election year including a long list of local and statewide elections to be considered....Read More

January 7th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ELECTIONS NEVER STOP IN LOUISIANA!  Less than two months ago, Louisiana voters were beaten to exhaustion with a barrage of mostly negative campaign commercials. Try as one might, it was impossible to dodge the onslaught of attack ads delivered by TV, radio, mailers, newspaper, and internet saturation. What a...Read More

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With our syndicated radio program, I have the opportunity of traveling throughout the country a good bit. So it’s fun to pick up  local humor about different states. Here are a few of my favorites to lighten things up this week. Louisiana What differentiates a zoo in Louisiana from other zoos? The Louisiana zoo has...Read More

January 1st, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana FOOTBALL AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM IN LOUISIANA! It’s that time of year for college bowl games and NFL playoffs. And when you look at the winners, it’s all about the coach. Top college teams like Alabama and LSU don’t build winning programs by setting up boards and committees. The job...Read More

What does a football coach have to do with a teacher? Quite a lot in my opinion. We give the coach full responsibility, pay him well, and expect results. Why don’t we do the same thing with our teachers? That’s the focus of my new column this week. Our approach to elementary and secondary education...Read More

Because of a family conflict, our weekend radio program will be a rerun, highlighting some of the top guess from the year 2015. We will cover some new health, ideas, a little politics, and remember those who passed away during this previous year. Then, next week, would we will be back in action with our...Read More

We are bringing the year 2015 to an end, and for many of us, it’s probably a pretty good idea. Quite frankly, the world is pretty screwed up right now. We can only hope that 2016 will be a lot better at bringing peace to the Middle East. And what a presidential election were about...Read More

December 24th, 2015 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 the coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past.  I would rather be absorbed with...Read More

Well I certainly hope 2015 was a good year for you. I guess we can always do better. My family and I hope you are enjoying the holiday season. If you’re fortunate enough like me to have so many kids, grandkids, nieces, and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, and assorted others, it certainly keeps us...Read More

We are winding down to the New Year with the full agenda on or we can radio show. Ready to make some New Year’s predictions? Our longtime friend, the Great Kreskin joins us to offer you insight into what will happen in 2016. He’s written a great new book about the future called “In Real...Read More

It’s the holiday season and if you need something to help you get in the holiday spirit, this will hit you right in the feels. Everyone that has seen this has cried so get some tissues. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta have a new video where underprivileged kids can either get a present...Read More

  Thursday, December 17, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  TOUGH QUESTIONS FOR LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES! With a new governor about to take over the reins of state, LSU and other Louisiana colleges are making a full court press for more funding. They have a good argument to make. But what do taxpayers get in return? Have universities...Read More

O.K.! We know Louisiana colleges and universities are crying for more money to operate. The current governor and legislature have cut academic budgets to the bone. Yes, spend more on higher education. But should taxpayers not want to be sure that they are getting their money’s worth? Has is all this money being spent? And...Read More

Radio weekend will cover the gamut of news. With national politics so much on the front burner, are you interested in getting involved? Consultant Jonathan Maher joins us to reviews four way people can get involved and affect positive gains. You can check him and his several books by Clicking Here. Then will talk with...Read More

Daughter Campbell is back on the journalistic warpath with an admonition to the press to quit giving Donald Teump so much coverage.  Here’s what she is saying: “To my former TV colleagues: Please stop. Just for one week, don’t say his name. As many have already said, no presidential candidate in history has gotten this...Read More

I’ll bet you did not know what a great cook my wife Gladys is. Here’s just how good she is. She is joined with her twin Wister Gloria on national television cooking a Turducken. A what you say? Well if you want to know what a Turducken is and how o cook it, jut check...Read More

Two of my favorite Austin, Texas singers are Sam Baker & Carrie Elkin. They have performed together for a number of years, and I had the chance to hear them recently at the Red Dragon Listening Room in Baton Rouge. The have a folksy, irreverent, humorous, and delightful way of conveying how much fun you...Read More

Thursday, December 10th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF LSU! Huey Long was the best friend and supporter LSU ever had.  He was called the father of the modern LSU by the Virginia Quarterly Review in commenting: “Huey stroked LSU as if he had been coddling a newborn pet elephant.  During fiscal stringency...Read More

Louisiana’s supposed flagship university is struggling. Really struggling. And there is plenty of fault to go around, including the past leadership at LSU. And it’s been a sad fall from grace. Some old-timers can remember back when LSU was the premier university in the South. Governor Huey Long made the financial support of LSU his...Read More

At this time of year, with winter and snow close at hand, I like to post one of my favorite videos.  These Russian kids are not fighting or protesting.  They are enjoying a popular American song and dancing up a storm.  I wish we had more spontaneous events like this here at home.Read More

The mass of fleeing refugees is swamping Europe, building frustrations and backlash in many parts of the world including right here in the U.S.A.   Many people see their way of life changing right before their eyes, and not for the good of their respective countries. Look at the video below and see if you agree...Read More

Thursday, December 3, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ALL THAT MATTERS IS THE FOOTBALL COACH! With a new governor soon to take office in a state that is facing a massive government financial crisis, a litany of problems continues to mount. Higher education is on the ropes both financially and academically. Healthcare costs continue to spiral,...Read More

What a week for LSU football fans. Coach Les Miles is out, no, he’s in. There was a revolving door of rumors. There is no doubt the Tigers need a coach to adapt and change. But should Miles have been fired? And how much is too much to pay any coach? Check out my analysis...Read More

Radio Weekend had a busy program schedule lined up, with much news to cover as the year winds down. Pulitzer prize winner Jon Meacham will join us to discuss his new book, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. Meacham paints an intimate and surprising portrait of an intensely private man...Read More

The most recent publication of The Lisburn Press has been released this week, and is raising serious questions about the reliability of child protection all over the America. Familiar Evil is a true story about a TV personality who operated as a child pedophile internationally. Author Rannah Gray stumbled onto the story by accident, and...Read More

No, that’s not her father trying to stir up some mischief.  That’s the title of a new article on the state of American education that is creating quite a stir.  It initially appeared in newsmagazine The Weekly Standard, but has been picked up by news outlets all over the nation.  You can read the whole...Read More

Are you a Jerry Jeff Walker fan? I’ve been a fan of the Texas country outlaw singer for some 35 years. And would you believe? I was once the president of the Louisiana chapter of the Jerry Jeff fan club. He put on one heck of a concert here in Baton Rouge this past Friday...Read More

We always are told about the winners, but you just cannot ignore the losers, can you? And in the recent Louisiana gubernatorial election, there were some big-time losers who really fell flat. I list a few of them in my new column. Obviously, Senator David Vitter leads the list. But take a look at some...Read More

Friday, November 27th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LOSERS IN LOUISIANA GOVERNOR’S RACE!  Four months ago in the Louisiana governor’s race, Senator David Vitter was a slam-dunk. He seemed to have it all. Gobs of PAC money flowing in from all over the U.S., strong support from most of the Republican establishment including his GOP colleagues...Read More

This weekend’s post Thanksgiving “Common Sense” program is shaping up well with a number of topics to discuss. Amanda Gutterman, Editorial Director at Slant News, will discuss just what do millennials think about terrorism & the Paris attacks. Then “America’s Money Answers Man,” Jordan Goodman, a nationally recognized expert on personal finance, will discuss all...Read More

Daughter Campbell has been traveling the country talking about educational reform.Campbell Brown encouraged students to work hard, take risks and follow their passions at Linda E. McMahon’s lecture series, “Women Can Have It All,” recently at the Forum in the Frank and Marisa Martire Business & Communications Center at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut....Read More

Columnist and freedom fighter John Whitehead has been a guest on my syndicated radio program, and is one of the nations leading voices on government intrusion into our basic freedoms and right to privacy. Check out his engaging and cncerning vido below.Read More

Thursday, November 19th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE DEMISE OF BOBBY JINDAL! Former Louisiana state senator Sixty Rayburn was well know for his folksy sayings during legislative sessions. He often urged his colleagues to never forget the folks back home when deciding issues at the state capitol. Sixty put it this way. “Always dance with...Read More

Well, the fat lady finally sang to finish off the quixotic campaign of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he undertook a futile effort to run for president. The guy really never had a chance. This is not the year of a governor on the presidential circuit. And Jindal had lost virtually all his political support...Read More

Weekend Radio is close at hand. We hope you will be able to join us for a lively program. First up are repercussions from the Paris Terrorist attacks. Amanda Gutterman, editorial director of Slant Magazine will join me to discuss just what millennials think about these attacks and how engaged they are. See more by...Read More

I really enjoy listening to somewhat eccentric outlaw Texas singers. Ramsey Midwood is one of the best. We had a nice visit during his recent gig at the Red Dragon Listening Room last weekend in Baton Rouge. I hope he comes back to play again soon. Check out his unique style in the video below.Read More

Thursday, November 12th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana BETRAYING YOUR POLITICAL PARTY IN LOUISIANA  You may not have heard, but there is apparently a strict code of loyalty among Republican candidates in Louisiana. They follow the rule of never speaking ill about a fellow republican, and they always rally behind the parties’ choice against any democratic...Read More

Well the Louisiana Republican Party is in open warfare against a candidate for governor who has endorsed a democrat. Republican Lt. Governors Jay Dardenne, after a bruising first primary, has now endorsed Re. John Bell Edwards, and the GOP top honchos say Dardenne has betrayed the cause? But don’t both parties do this? And how...Read More

A full agenda for our weekend “Common Sense” radio show. So we just had Friday the 13th. Why is this day considered show unlucky? I’ll talk to Dr. Tiffany Sanders who’s a licensed psychologist out of Chicago about why so many people have this view of what we thought was just an average day in...Read More

A lot of us take for granted the beauty that is found all over America. I’ve traveled to about every state in the nation, but still find so many places I have yet to discover. Here’s a marvelous panorama of the country that I think you will enjoy. Take a look below.Read More

November 5th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  TURN PRISIONERS LOOSE IN LOUISIANA?  We have been hearing for years that Louisiana has the world’s highest incarceration rate. There are currently some 40,000 Bayou State residents behind bars, at a cost of $350 million a year. The conventional wisdom from numerous officials in Louisiana is that our prisons...Read More

Is it time to open up the prison doors and let all non-violent convicts out? Many politicians are saying so to save money. Is that a justifiable reason to cut sentences or move many prisons in to re-hab programs? And just who is a non-violent felon? Is the driver of the getaway car at a...Read More

Hey, we have a lively program this weekend. Have you heard of approval voting? Voters can vote for as many candidates as they want. Aaron Hamlin, director of The Center for Election Science will join us. Then we will explore the pros and cons of being in a relationship with someone who has opposing political...Read More