It was twenty-five years ago that Emeril Lagasse opened up his first restaurant, Emeril’s, in the warehouse district in New Orleans. He was a guest on a local TV show I was hosting at the time. It was hard then to imagine that today, he would own 16 restaurants coast to coast, and is one...Read More

Kudos to Brother-in law Gary Solomon, who was  honored this week by receiving the Times Picayune’s annual Loving Cup Award, for his outstanding civic contributions and leadership throughout the New Orleans area and across the state. The Loving Cup has been awarded since 2001 to men and women who have worked unselfishly for the community...Read More

Thursday, March 16th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LOUISIANA COULD HAVE THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY! Louisiana is scheduled to have its presidential primary on March 5th of next year, but there is one little problem. The state is broke and the Jindal administration has allocated no money for the legally required election. So what happens next?...Read More

Louisiana is scheduled to have its presidential primary on March 5th of next year, but there is one little problem. The state is broke and the Jindal administration has allocated no money for the legally required election. So what happens next? Does Governor Jindal really want a primary? And is there a way to hold...Read More

Our Weekend Radio Gala is close at hand and we hope you will join us this week for what we hope will be a lively and interesting program. Utah’s legislature has recently passed a bill reintroducing the firing squad as an alternate form of execution when lethal injection drugs are unavailable. Professor Andrew Novak is...Read More

If you live down our way in Louisiana, one of our favorite events is the annual strawberry festival located in the southeastern town of Hammond. There is always a poster painted to commemorate this event. This year’s poster, pictured above, is by artist Kalle Siekkinen, and has become a lightning rod of controversy. Some folks...Read More

You can’t even set down at a coffee shop any more without race being a factor in starting off your morning. Starbuck’s initially announced that their employees would engage customers in discussions about race relations in America today. And yes, we need such a discussion. But over morning coffee? Starbuck’s is now postponing this new...Read More

Thursday, March 19th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LOUISIANA GOVERNORS TRAVELING LOUISIANA. We all know that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is a traveler. He seems to be constantly crisscrossing the country in his unlikely and quixotic quest to obtain national office. But now he says he is also the unrivaled champion of governors who travel all...Read More

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says he is the king of governors traveling all over the Bayou State, and that no governor has crisscrossed Louisiana as much has he has. Yeah, right! In my new column, I say that Jindal has been around the state far less than any governor in recent memory. It’s part of...Read More

First of all,  hats off with belated St. Patrick’s Day best wishes to several of our new affiliates that include: WRMN, 1410 AM in Elgin, Illinois KLID, 1340 AM in Poplar Bluff, Missouri KFAR, 660 AM in Fairbanks, Alaska. KVOC,1330 AM in Casper, Wyoming. WMQM,1600 AM in Memphis, Tennessee We are approaching our “Common Sense”...Read More

Have you taken the ice bucket challenge yet? People everywhere can be seen dumping buckets of ice water on their heads to raise awareness and funds to fight ALS. Children, adults and celebrities alike are joining the social media phenomenon to fight back against a disease that currently has no cure. I took the challenge...Read More

John Whitehead is an outspoken opponent of government invasion of our privacy.  He has been a guest several times on my syndicated radio program, and he is deeply and rightly concerned that privacy as we once knew it is dead. We now find ourselves in the unenviable position of being monitored, managed and controlled by...Read More

Thursday, March 12th, l2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  E-MAIL SCANDALS-CLINTON AND JINDAL? It’s going to take a lot more than old emails to derail Hillary Clinton’s grasp of the Democratic presidential nomination next year. Few voters really care how she communicated with her staff while serving as Secretary of State. Republicans think they are circling the...Read More

How damaging is Hillary Clinton’s admissions about using a private e-mail account when she was Secretary of State? Normally, it could be a bigger problem for her. But low and behold! We now find out that most of the major GOP presidential candidates, including Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, have done the very same thing while in...Read More

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So who  should replace John Stewart on the Daily Show?  Daughter Campbell is not one to shy away from her strong opinions.  Get her  take in the video below as she co-hosts a segment on Bloomberg News.Read More

One of my heroes is Ida Keeling.  She’s 99 years old! NINETY NINE! She STARTED running at age 67. She just broke the record of the 100M sprint in her age group. (Can’t imagine there are too many 90 years olds competing, but nevertheless) THIS inspires me and motivates me to be the BEST I...Read More

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In his quixotic quest to run for president, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been out of the state 50% of the time in recent months. So the question is “” who’s in charge when the Louisiana Governor is on the campaign trail? The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate posed this question to Jindal’s press secretary recently. ...Read More

Thursday, March 5th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  IN LOUISIANA THEY’RE ASKING “” WHO’S IN CHARGE?  In his quixotic quest to run for president, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has been out of the state 50% of the time in recent months. He’s rarely been visible in his home state, but voters are getting to know him...Read More

On Sunday’s “Common Sense” radio program, we will cover all that’s happened over this busy week. Presidential politics, how to handle North Korea, Israeli-Iran problems, all will be part of our discussion. And are you ready for St. Patrick’s Day? We will give you some history and highlights.  William Federer is the author of many books...Read More

Daughter Campbell continues to stir up the educational pot of controversy wading full blast into the debate over Common Core. She is cynical about the flip floppers who initially confected and supported Common Core, but now, for political reasons, have backed away form support. Check out her Op Ed piece in this week’s Washington Post...Read More

Cheering on the LSU Fightin’ Tigers basketball team, who are making a last run stretch to make the NCAA tourney that begins in two weeks. That’s me with Mike the Tiger. I’ve been a regular at LSU games and a season ticket holder for some 35 years. But, as many of you know, I’m a...Read More

Thursday, February 26th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LIKE OIL AND WATER RELIGION AND POLITICIANS DON’T MIX! I guess the good Lord has to put up with politicians. Nary a week goes by when some governor or other political type is holding a prayer rally and declaring that the ills of the nation can be cured...Read More

The question for the day: Does the Good Lord need politicians to pontificate and help him out? Apparently, a number of governors and other elected officials seem to think so. Prayer rallies seem to be springing up on a regular basis. Now there is nothing wrong with prayer. We need much more of it. But...Read More

First of all let me welcome a new station to the “Common Sense” network, WRMN-1410 AM in Elgin, Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago. We have a growing listenership throughout the Midwest, and we sure are glad to have these Midwesterners join us each week.  Tax season is close at hand, unfortunately, and we will...Read More

Are you a Michael Bolton fan? The crooner has been around for a good while and has had numerous hit songs. And he is really a busy guy. Multiple Grammy Award-winning Singer, Songwriter and Social Activist, who has sold more than 53 million albums and singles worldwide, continues to tour the world every year, all...Read More

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani rightly has held the title for a number of years as “America’s Mayor.” I’ve always liked Rudy, and have had the chance to visit with him on several occasions. When 9/11 happened, there probably could not of been a better person to lead a rally of renewal than...Read More

Thursday, February 19th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana DON’T TELL ME TO EITHER SPEAK ENGLISH OR LEAVE AMERICA! My Louisiana governor has me puzzled again in his quixotic quest to be a player on the national stage. I thought Bobby Jindal was part of a Republican Party that tells government to get off our backs and...Read More

So it should be mandatory that everyone in America speaks English-right? Well, according to Louisiana’s ambitious governor and presidential candidate, Bobby Jindal, you should speak English or ship out. But if Jindal would hang around his home state a little more, he would notice that a number of languages are spoken here in the Bayou...Read More

  “Common Sense Radio Weekend is shaping up nicely, with a lively list of guests and topics. I want to take close look at the Middle East and how on earth a small band of a Islamic radicals called ISIS has the whole world focused on their destruction and mayhem. What is it they want,...Read More

So it’s springtime, and you are setting your priorities and riles to govern your life in 2015.  Just to help out, here are a few “rules of the road” I might suggest.Read More

I urge you to take a few moments to watch this chilling video, narrated in poetry, that shows us what we are up against in understanding a culture half way around the world that we do not comprehend.  The events that take place seem surreal, yet they happen everyday.  For our own protection, we have...Read More

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  February 12th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana AMERICA’S COACH-DEAN SMITH LOVED LOUISIANA! One of the all time great coaches in college basketball passed away this week. North Carolina’s Dean Smith had retired with more wins than any coach in history, along with capturing two national championships. But to those who knew him, and I consider...Read More

One of the all time great coaches in college basketball passed away this week. North Carolina’s Dean Smith had retired with more wins than any coach in history, along with capturing two national championships. But to those who knew him, and I consider myself in that elite number, he was much more than a coach....Read More

The “Common Sense” radio weekend show is fast approaching with a full schedule of topics and guests on tap. And by the way, there is a real shake up in media from NBCs Brian Williams’ suspension to a number of other media changes. I know many of the players involved, including Williams, and we will...Read More

Hey, all my kids are smart. Good genes, of course. But one writer thinks my oldest daughter is, well, just about the most important gal in America. Maybe a bit of an exaggeration? Probably so. But heck, it’s still good reading, and she has seized the mantel of America’s educational reformer. Check out this latest...Read More

Thursday, February 5th, 2014 New Orleans, Louisiana  LOUISIANA TAXPAYERS AT RISK OVER BENSON FAMILY SQUABBLE! If you haven’t been following the Benson family soap opera that has dominated news across the state, you are missing a billion dollar power play that’s much better than fiction. New Orleans automobile tycoon and sports icon Tom Benson is...Read More

What a soap opera. In Louisiana, all they are talking about is the Tom Benson family squabble over who will take over the Football Saints and the basketball Pelicans once Benson steps down. And it has become a real slugfest with ole’ Tom’s grandkids trying to get him declared incapacitated. A major concern is the...Read More

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Gotta Love these Guys! Our troops have not lost their sense of humor.Read More

A lot  of people email me or stop me  to ask why daughter Campbell got out of television  and became so intensely involved in educational reform.  She explains why below.  Take a look.Read More

Are you ready to once again bail out the Wall Street Fat Cats who take enormous risks, knowing full well that if they fail, the taxpayers will be there to bail them out? Little folks like us just have to “suck it up.” But congress has been inundated with campaign contributions from Wall Street and...Read More

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Thursday, January 29th, 2015 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA JOINS IN GIVING BAILOUTS TO WALL STREET! Well, here we go again. Big banks and major insurance companies are “high-fiving” each other after they won big in Washington last month. We thought lawmakers had learned an expensive lesson after the financial crash in 2008 that led to...Read More

Daughter Campbell went viral on Bloomberg TV this week in talking about “inflate-gate” and the New England Patriots breaking the rules to get into the Superbowl.  She’s a Tom Brady fan, but check out her comments below.Read More

FRED EAGLESMITH’S TRAVELING ROAD SHOW performed at the Red Dragon in Baton Rouge last weekend. Fred is a Canadian who is really funny with a wacky band to back him up. He’s a rock n’ roller from the 60s and puts on one heck of a show. Check out his video below.Read More

Thursday, January 22nd, l2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  FOR BOBBY JINDAL- FIRST THE MUSLIMS, THEN THE WORLD!  Louisiana’s feisty absentee Governor Bobby Jindal sure knows how some things that are not politically correct, so brace yourselves.” So naturally, I held onto my desk, took a deep breath, assumed the worst, and braced myself.  The Republican presidential...Read More

Well, Louisiana’s controversial Governor, Bobby Jindal has stirred up a hornet’s nest with his claims that Muslims better start shaping up and speaking out. Jindal told us to “brace ourselves” cause he wasn’t going to pull any punches over all these cities in Europe where Muslim communities are enforcing sharia law on residents, ignoring the...Read More

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Do you get frustrated with some many airline problems when you travel? I do. But I love this story. A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final...Read More

Thursday, January 15th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  CAN REPUBLICANS SHAKE THE CURSE OF DAVID DUKE? Poor Congressman Steve Scalise. He should be on cloud nine having reached the pinnacle of political success by being elected majority whip in the Republican controlled congress. But out of the blue, he is blindsided by a 28-year-old democratic blogger...Read More

Bloggers today can be tough hombres. Just ask new Republican majority whip Steve Scalise. A 28-year-old law student from Alexandria, Louisiana who blogs for fun outed the Louisiana 1st district congressman for having once spoke to a group that was founded by white supremacist David Duke. Democrats and some conservative Republicans are calling for Scalise’s...Read More