Our weekend radio program is shaping up well as the week progresses. What would Donald Trump do for and to our national economy? Are his ideas sound? We will discuss.   And how can small businesses compete with the big box stores? There are lots of ways. And finally, why is the national political system so...Read More

Thursday, March 31st, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana TRUMP AND LOUISIANA’S “CROOKED ELECTIONS”!  Donald Trump said he was stunned, shocked and livid about how elections are run way down in the Bayou State. He minced no words in giving his assessment of what happened in the recent Louisiana presidential primary. ” It tells you what a...Read More

Poor ole’ Donald Trump. He says he got snookered down in Louisiana. Although he won the popular vote in the recent Republican presidential primary, the state party gave the majority of delegates to Senator Ted Cruz. Foul play hollered Trump, and for good reason. But is that just the way elections are handled down in...Read More

The sparks will certainly fly on our weekend “Common Sense“ radio program this weekend. Jim will discuss scandals involving several of the Final Four teams, including Jim’s alma mater North Carolina. And how about Hillary Clinton’s $600 hair cut, that brought traffic to a halt in midtown Manhattan? Then there are Donald Trump’s incendiary comments...Read More

My deal friend and former Senator Sonny Mouton passed away this week. Sonny took me under wing when I was a new Louisiana state senator back in 1971, and we have been close since then. He was a giant in Louisiana politics, and worked hard as a public problem solver. New governors, once elected, immediately...Read More

Look at the photo showing some people walking to reach the final objective, to live in a European country. On the photo, there are 7 men and 1 woman. Notice that the woman is bare feet, accompanied by 3 children, and of the 3, she is carrying 2. None of the men are helping her. It is because...Read More

Thursday, March 24th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana FROM CESSPOOL TO HOT TUB IN LOUISIANA POLITICS! Who cares about any budget crisis in Louisiana? After all, it’s important that the Bayou State’s new governor and legislature set priorities. And they apparently have. They were not able to balance the state budget in a recent special session....Read More

As Liza Minnelli sang in the hit show Cabaret, “money makes the world go round.” It certainly does in politics, particularly here in my home state of Louisiana. Campaign dollars are the key factor in candidates getting elected, and in the buying of influence by lobbyists.  Politicians spend way too much time raising money. The...Read More

Easter weekend radio shows are often re-runs, but not the “Common Sense” program. We have a full agenda planned for our listeners. Pastor John Stahl helps us begin the show with an Easter message about a different perspective of the tomb where Jesus Christ was buried. See his website and new book at Twitter @JustJESUSThem.  Then,...Read More

Having gotten my start as a lawyer and a state senator in one of the most rural parts of America in Northeast Louisiana, and experienced the marvelous experience of attending a number of primarily African American churches, I learned that just about all Negro spirituals are written on the black notes of the piano. Probably...Read More

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March 17th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU SHOULD NOT BE A QUITTER! Is LSU a quitter? When the pressures mount, and things just don’t go as planned, are there too many instances where the state’s flagship university seems to walk away and pull the plug, with the hopes that the problem will just go away?...Read More

Does anyone like a quitter? I don’t. If you are a die-hard LSU fan, you might not like my new column about the administration at LSU quitting, both in sports and in academics. Of course, all of us fail from time to time. But quitting? It’s a reflection of giving up on striving for doing...Read More

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This whole story of why the FBI is insisting on compelling Apple to create an entirely new system to break into any iPhone is complicated, and difficult for many to understand. Comedian John Oliver does a pretty good job of putting this import problem into an understandable perspective. You can read my perspective by Clicking...Read More

March 10th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SHOULD FEDS HAVE RIGHT TO BREAK INTO YOUR IPHONE? It sounds like a pretty straightforward request. The FBI wants to open up a criminal’s iPhone to see if a future crime can be stopped. This is the scenario of the San Bernardino shooter, who certainly forfeited his privacy rights...Read More

It’s Apple vs the FBI, and it seems like public opinion has switched in a manor fight of privacy vs security. The FBI says the whole controversy is a simple request to open one iPhone, but Apple says the request is to create a whole new operating system. Shouldn’t the world’s most powerful government be...Read More

Our “Common Sense” Radio program is just a few days away, and we have a lively show scheduled for the weekend. Attorney Rob Crane Will join us to discuss the $55 million judgment sportscaster Erin Andrews received against a stalker and a hotel. Was that reasonable? Also, our old friend Alan Topol will talk about...Read More

Maria Sharapova, one of the world’s all time great tennis players, admitted that she had erroneously taken an illegal drug for health reasons. She said she had been taking the drug mildronate for 10 years to address a number of health issues, But the drug was legal until just this year. I’ve been a follower...Read More

Well if you’re a regular viewer of this website, you know my base of operations is down in the deepest of the deep Southern states. Now my nationally syndicated radio program and my weekly column are generally not a reflection of the South. But we cannot drop our heritage, can we? And there are certainly...Read More

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Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA NEEDS MORE HEROES! Psychologist Carl Jung wrote that we are born to need heroes. Having a hero in our lives nurtures us, gives us hope, lifts us up, gives us reasons to dream and be inspired. Every kid has a special champion they admire and look up...Read More

Everyone needs heroes to look up to, particularly when growing up. To many youngsters, sports figures serve as an inspiration. That was certainly true in my case. I had a number of heroes in a number of sports. But the athlete I have always most admired is LSU and NBA superstar Bob Pettit. A statute...Read More

On our radio program this weekend, Trump and Clinton continue to roll towards their party nominations. Former FBI agent Colleen Rowley will talk about FBI overreach. Bill Coleman will join us f rom Dallas to talk about freedom of speech and business owner’s rights. And old friend and financial analysis Jordon Goodman will help us...Read More

Remember all those political pundits who said if Trump gets elected president, they would move out of the country?  Look at the New York Daily News front page headlines following Super Tuesday election day.   Are you ready to start packing?Read More

If you’re still trying to wrap your head around the inexplicable rise of Donald Trump, then Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane might have just given us the most plausible explanation yet. The actors appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Sunday night in a sketch called “Trumped,” a 2016-themed spoof of their Broadway hit “The Producers.”...Read More

Way down yonder in Louisiana, the creative talent continues to thrive. Musicians, artists, writers, and athletes: The cream of the crop comes from the Bayou State. So why is the politics so out of whack, unpredictable, and so dysfunctional? The state is dead broke, and has been for years. The state’s credit rating was just...Read More

Friday, February 26th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  PUBLIC APATHY AND LOUISIANA POLITICS! When it comes to exceptional creative talent in America, Louisiana seems to always come out on top. I thought of the state’s remarkable musical virtuosos this week on the third anniversary of the death of concert pianist Van Cliburn, arguably one of the...Read More

We are all set for a lively weekend radio program. We begin with Dr. Paul Coleman on who has a better mental health, Republicans or Democrats? See his new book, “Finding Peace when your Heart is in Pieces,” by Clicking Here. Then Jan Marshall joins us to tell how she uses humor to assist in...Read More

Thursday, February 18th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana NEW LOUISIANA GOVERNOR FACING REALITY! New Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has jumped head first into the abyss of state government’s seemingly endless financial problems, and his popularity is already taking hits. A recent Southern Media and Opinion Research poll has his popularity rating at a low 42%....Read More

Way down in Louisiana, the deepest of the deep southern states, a new Louisiana Governor is fighting to keep his head above the water. There is unanimous agreement that previous Gov. Bobby Jindal created one heckuva mess. Now it’s up to John Bel Edwards to try his best in cleaning it all up. But it’s...Read More

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Our weekend radio program will broadcast live from St. John in the Virgin Islands. Quite a contrast from the below zero weather we broadcast from in New York last week. We will talk about the death of Justice Scalia, mandatory terms for judges and the future of the Supreme Court with Prof. David Garrow from...Read More

February 11th, 2016 New Orleans, Louisiana BEING POLITICALLY CORRECT IN LOUISIANA! Political correctness continues to be on the march in the Bayou State from Shreveport to New Orleans. Just about everywhere a Civil War commemoration or monument is located, there seems to be some local group calling for a re-writing of history by eliminating such...Read More

Political correctness seems to be all the range as certain areas of the nation, both north and south, want to rewrite our national history. Flags coming down. Confederate statutes? Got to go. Even ole’ Christopher Columbus is under assault by some who want to do away with national Columbus Day. So what’s a reasonable approach?...Read More

Sundays Radio Weekend is shaping up well, with the review of big events that took place this past week. The Super Bowl, political primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, Mardi Gras, Sunday Valentine Day, and much more. Author Bill Muckler will join us to discus the presidential debates and his new book, Clicking Here. And...Read More

Well, I hope you had a pleasant Mardi Gras. That is, if you live in the south, and some Midwestern cities that are adopting the annual Fat Tuesday tradition. I spent Mardi Gras day in the heart of the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans with a  number family and friends. If you have never...Read More

February 4th, 2016 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA BIG LOSER IN IOWA CAUCUS! The biggest loser in the recent Iowa presidential caucuses was not Donald Trump or any of the other candidates who did not meet expectations in garnering voters. No, the title for the real loser was, hands down, the state of Louisiana. Because of...Read More

Ah, what could’ve been in the deepest of the deep southern states certainly that could have had the first presidential primary in America. And can you imagine? All the candidates and busloads of the press crisscrossing the state spending not just millions, but hundreds of millions of dollars. A huge economic bonanza for the Bayou...Read More

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It’s Mardi Gras weekend and the “Common Sense” show will be broadcast live from the French Quarter in the heart of New Orleans. It’s simply the greatest free show on earth and we will have some lively and colorful commentary. Several guests will join us. Dr. James Forsythe will lead a discussion o the value...Read More

I wanted to take some time this week on my syndicated radio show to remember back. To many of us, this was the week that, according to the lyrics in Don McLean’s famous song, “¦ the infamous “day the music died”. Fifty-seven years ago on February 3rd, the great Buddy Holly died in a terrible...Read More

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