You will note a number of articles on the right column of “Relevant News” that pertain to the FBI’s new policy of taping interviews of witnesses and suspects.  The legitimate question is raised of why the FBI has, for so long, been afraid of a small tape recorder.  They are being accused of being intrusive...Read More

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  JINDAL AND OBAMA — TWO PEAS IN A POD!  A week doesn’t go by without Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal taking a potshot at President Obama. The Prez has kept a tight lip and publicly ignores Jindal, but it’s obvious from press reports that there is no love lost...Read More

The Democratic President and Louisiana’s Republican Governor seem to square off regularly.  Bobby Jindal, from down in the Bayou state, never misses a chance to take a pot shot at the President, Obamacare, the economy, disaster relief; you name it and Jindal loves to direct the fault at the White House.  And from all reports,...Read More

A big weekend ahead. I’ll be handling our “Common Sense” program from San Diego, California on Sunday, so it will be a treat to get out on the west coast.  Banning, California (KMET-1490 AM) is one of our large station that carry my show, and I’ll be in that part of the country to check...Read More

What a delightful day this past week in Amite, Louisiana, a small town between New Orleans and Jackson, Mississippi.  Some old friends invited me over to address the Amite Kiwanis Club, and boy did I enjoy all the seafood at Mike’s Catfish House.  My old friend, television promoter and Action17  News Website Editor Ken Benetiz...Read More

Thursday, May 15th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana DARK MONEY DRIVING U.S. SENATE RACE! Millions of campaign dollars from all over America are pouring into Louisiana in a calculated effort to influence the outcome of the state’s up and coming U.S. Senate race. Incumbent democratic Senator Mary Landrieu is in the fight of her political life and...Read More

Like Lisa Minnelli sang in Cabaret, it’s money, money, money that makes the world go round, and that’s certainly true in politics today. Candidates for public office, especially in Congress, are obsessed with raising campaign dollars.  And we are seeing massive sums of “dark money,” campaign dollars from unknown sources outside the state, pouring into...Read More

The “Common Sense” radio weekend program is fast approaching with a full agenda on the schedule this week.  We will pick up on the national story that I commented on in the blog below, about revelations of widespread spying on all Americans.  In fact, it is far wider and more extensive than anyone has revealed...Read More

There were two chilling reports this week about both the federal government and private businesses that continue to watch, gather information and keep tabs on so many things we all do.  Oh, its for our protection or for our commercial interests for the to do so-right?  Baloney.  Invasion into our private lives increased dramatically as...Read More

I had the pleasure of being in New York City last week and attending a dinner attended by some 1000 people in honor of my daughter Campbell.  The speaker at the dinner was former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, and I had the chance to have a nice visit with him. I asked him head up...Read More

Charter schools are in the forefront of the news both here in Louisiana as well as all over the country.  There are those who want the status quo and fight efforts for parental control of these schools.  My daughter, Campbell, is leading the charge for a number of Charter Schools in New York City.  Take...Read More

Thursday, May 8th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana EDUCATIONAL REFORM  LIKE PULLING TEETH! Achievement in U.S. elementary schools lags behind many industrialized countries. The U.S. comes in16th in science and 23rd in math. Our major economic competitors — China, Japan, Canada, Germany and Korea — are far ahead. So why is it so hard for us...Read More

Weekend radio is almost here, and we have a full plate to talk about.  Will Jeb Bush run for president?  I talked with him about it last week, and will give you my opinion.  We will also discuss some chilling recent Supreme Court decisions that greatly diminish basic freedoms of all Americans.  And the big...Read More

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to be an artist. Yes I have the paint, several easels, lots of drawing paper, tracing paper and a variety of pencils. I just have not acquired much talent. But here is really an exceptional female artist that really has excelled. Watch her work below.Read More

We all have friends”¦some of us lots of friends.  But if you are into social media, then how many genuine friends do you really have?  So many of us, including yours truly, have become so obsessed with Twitter, Facebook, texting, and so many other social venues, that we often do not put all these electronics...Read More

Friday, May 2st, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana     FLOOD CONTROL HINDERED BY LEVEE BOARDS? Legislation is working its way through the Louisiana legislature that would strip levee districts of their autonomy.  Board members of several large levee boards are crying foul, and charge that flood protection will suffer and emergency responses will slow down. ...Read More

They are fighting and feuding in the Louisiana legislature over what to do about a run-a-way levee board that wants to, can you believe, hold oil companies liable for years of damage to the Louisiana coast.  It’s a political insiders game, as the Governor wants much more control over appointing levee board members.  Louisiana has...Read More

The “Common Sense” radio weekend is fast approaching, and we are planning a full schedule of information, and, as always, some hard hitting opinion that may ruffle a few feathers.   Let’s start with tis question?  Is sugar making you fat?  Or even more, doing great harm to your body.  You know we are health conscious...Read More

Daughter Campbell continues her efforts to shake up the educational ingrained establishment in New York City by demanding more accountability from teacher’s unions. Fox News in New York strongly endorsed her efforts in a TV editorial this week. Campbell was honored earlier this week in New York by the Success Charter Schools Association where former...Read More

New Orleans socialite extraordinaire Mickey Easterling was a longtime family friend who passed away recently at 83. Thanks to some extreme embalming, a New Orleans socialite attended her own funeral with a cigarette holder in one hand and a champagne glass in the other. And she wanted it that way.  At the funeral, Mickey was...Read More

Thursday, April 24th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  TO BOBBY JINDAL —-JUST DO IT! Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made a splash of headlines a few weeks ago by proposing his alternative to Obamacare.  Many of his ideas are the part of the same list he’s been shopping around for years, some of it pieced together from...Read More

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal made a splash of headlines a few weeks ago by proposing his alternative to Obamacare.  Many of his ideas are the part of the same list he’s been shopping around for years, some of it pieced together from a litany of Republican proposals. But here is Jindal’s Achilles heel. In my...Read More

Hey folks, we have a great radio show lined up for you this weekend, and we hope you will listen in.  Welcome to the growing list of new stations that have joined the “Common Sense” Network of radio all over America. KQEW 102.3 FM-Fordyce, Arkansas KMET 1490 AM-Banning, California WTHV 810 AM ““ Valdosta, Georgia...Read More

Like you, I have my favorite movie stars. And guess what? I actually have photos of me with them. Take a gander at the Jim Brown rogue’s gallery.  I’ll sure put in a good word for you if you want to meet any of these well-known ladies. Let me start up with Saundra Bullock below....Read More

So what are they going to do about “the Kissing Congressman” down in Louisiana?  Oh, if you haven’t heard, Fifth District Congressman Vance McAllister has gotten himself into quite a mess. Smooching with one of your staffers doesn’t go too well in red neck country, at least as far as public officials go.  The Governor...Read More

Thursday, April 17th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  THE KISSING CONGRESSMAN AND FIFTH DISTRICT VOTERS! Down on the Bayou in my home state of Louisiana, there’s a feeding frenzy going on.  Now, if you live in the state but have been on vacation, say in the Ukraine, you may not be aware that the Fifth District...Read More

Our “Common Sense” weekend radio show is close at hand with a lively Easter program planned and scheduled.  Hey, do you believe in reincarnation?  A record Number of Americans Now Believe In Reincarnation – Who Were You In A Previous Life?  We will talk with Lisa Caza  is psychic medium, teacher, and author who says she works...Read More

Daughter Campbell has formed a non-profit educational support organization in New York City, and is keeping a close eye on all aspects of public education there. She will be honored for her educational commitment, sponsored by Success Academy Charter Schools Association, on April 28th in New York with former Florida Governor  Jeb Bush as the...Read More

Hey, you are running for election in the U.S. Senate and you are putting up on TV new campaign ads.  So you say: “Let’s fake a Senate hearing!   No one will ever notice.”Â  That’s apparently the thought process of the Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu campaign.  Well, her “fake” senate hearing has created quite a stir.  ...Read More

Lots of states have a special talent where they are number one in the nation.  It’s Hawaii for healthiest, Rhode Island for governing, Connecticut for basketball.  And my home state of Louisiana?  It leads the nation with the worst drivers!  Drunk driving is a major reason.  Way too many drunks on the road and lax...Read More

Thursday, April 10th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  WHY ARE LOUISIANA DRIVERS THE WORST IN THE UNITED STATES? For the fourth year in a row, Louisiana is number one.  That’s right!  Once again, the Bayou State has been named as the home of the worst drivers in America. One of the major causes of such ranking...Read More

Weekend radio on the Jim Brown “Common Sense” Network is close at hand, and we are planning a lively program for or listeners. Could We Become An Un-United States”¨Â In Our Lifetime? “¨Historian David Richards says ignorance of our history”¨Â threatens our democracy.  He makes some chilling comparisons between today and 200 years ago when George Washington...Read More

My regular viewers to this site know that I often post Google Hangouts, where I either interview, or am being interviewed on a wide range of subjects.  My weekly columns appear on a major Louisiana website, Bauyoubuzz.com, and publisher Steve Sabludowsky just posted an interview we did concerning the upcoming Logician U.S. Senate race.  A...Read More

If you love the water and have been around an ocean, you certainly knowhow to follow the ebb and flow of the tides. For 8 years, Michael Marten has been taking photos from different spots of the British coast line, documenting the daily rhythms of the tides. He has produced some amazing videos of the...Read More

Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana MARCH MADNESS ARE COLLEGE ATHLETES BEING SHORTCHANGED? Millions of rabid college basketball fans have been glued to their TVs over the past month as March Madness reaches its crescendo. And the big bucks have been rolling in.  With coaches getting bigger salaries, and colleges splitting huge TV and...Read More

March Madness is reaching its crescendo with the NCAA basketball men’s finals taking place this Monday night.  And there sure is a lot of money involved.  Well over $2 billion, with the universities and the coaches making more and more every year.  But there is one group that is being both exploited and shortchanged. It’s...Read More

So much to cover in this weekend’s “Common Sense” radio program. This whole General Motors mess, where a number of people were killed over a faulty ignition switch that cost 70 cents, grows bigger and much worse. Was there a cover-up? And should GM, if it is proven that key employees knew of the problem...Read More

For all you readers who love Louisiana politics, I was part of a webinar recently that took a look at current intrigue in the legislature, and in the mindset of Governor Bobby Jindal.  Award winning reporter Tyler Bridges joined me along with BayouBuzz publisher Steve Sabludowsky for the analysis.  Take a look.Read More

Two long time friends from back in my political days died this week.  I began my Louisiana State Senate career by making a long association with Jefferson Parish Senator Hank Lauricella. Hank was a former Heisman Trophy runner-up at Tennessee who went on to serve more than three decades as a Louisiana state legislator.  He...Read More

Thursday, March 27th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  POLITICIANS GIVE FALSE HOPE ON FLOOD INSURANCE RATES! Louisiana’s congressional members of both parties were throwing cheers and high fives. They had done it.  They had put an end to the proposed outrageous flood insurance rates. “I’m very proud,” beamed democratic Senator Mary Landrieu.  Her challenger in the coming...Read More

Lots of high fives given by Gulf Coast Congressmen last week, particularly amongst the Louisiana Delegation. They were congratulating themselves over the new flood insurance legislation that is supposed to protect property owners in flood prone regions from getting hit with huge flood insurance rates from the federal government.  But did property owners really get...Read More

A full schedule and a lively show planned for this coming weekend on Jim Brown’s “Common Sense” so check us out. More Americans die of heart disease than any other cause. It cuts across ages and ethnic groups, killing thousands each year. Statins, designed to lower cholesterol and decrease the risk of heart disease, are...Read More

A lot of you who visit my site know that I’m a big opera fan. I have been so for many years.  And here is a treat for you.  Watch bellow 9-year-old Amira Willighagen, who blows away the judges and audience of Holland’s Got Talent by singing Puccini’s “˜O mio babbino caro’ (Oh My Beloved...Read More

Thursday, March 20th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  THE CAJUN PRINCE — HE’S BACK! It shouldn’t have surprised anyone paying attention to Louisiana politics.  Former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards made it official this week. He will be a candidate for the U.S. Congress in the coming fall election.  The political prognosticators say the congressional district has...Read More

He’s Baaaak!  That’s right. The ole’ Gray Fox, four term Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, has made it official.  No, at 86 going on 87, he is not moving into a retirement center.  Remember, he has a 32-year-old wife and a new one-year-old son.  He’s not slowing down a bit.  EWE is running for U.S. Congress...Read More

Radio Weekend is close at hand, and we have an informative and lively program all set for you.  Our nationally syndicated radio show is heard coast to coast, so check local listings for times and stations.  Or listen live right here on Sunday morning from 9:00 am until 11: am central time streamed live over...Read More

Take a look at this hilarious debate between Robert Redford and Will Ferrell over how to get water to the Midwest. I admire both guys as actors, and they both support a way to deal with the water crisis along the Colorado River. It’s Raise the River vs. Move the Ocean: A lot of humor...Read More

Charismatic and controversial four term Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, who is 86 years old, announced this week that he is running for a congressional seat in the Bayou State.  Before becoming governor, he served three terms as congressman back in the 1960s.  Below is a discussion, including yours truly, about the race and the question...Read More

Thursday, March 13th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  THE PUZZLING RISE AND FALL OF BOBBY JINDAL Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal threw a hissy fit in front of the White House earlier this month. He joined other governors in having a non-partisan luncheon with the president, then walked out on the lawn and began blasting away at...Read More

So what’s up with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal?  He sure is in the attack dog mode, and has been throwing, what should we call it, a hissy fit in his attacks on the President, establishment Republicans, and just about anyone who disagrees with him.  Is there a method to Jindal’s madness?  Maybe so as he...Read More

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Like you, I have my favorite movie stars. And guess what? I actually have photos of me with them. Take a gander at the Jim Brown rogue’s gallery. I’ll sure put in a good word for you if you want to meet any of these well-known ladies. Let me start up with Saundra Bullock below....Read More

You want to see a budding musical director. This child looks to be around two years old, but she definitely has a fee for music.  I stumbled across this video, and want to share it with my readers.  Take a look.)Read More

Thursday, March 6th, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  GOVERNOR JIMMIE DAVIS BROUGHT US SUNSHINE! It could be the most recognized American song worldwide. Go to a small Asian community were little or no English is spoken.  Start humming, You Are My Sunshine.  More likely than not, the locals will join in singing the song in English. ...Read More

Can you name the song that just could be the most well known tune throughout the world?  I have heard it played and sung in many different countries.  And can you believe, it was written by a former Louisiana Governor?  That’s right-Governor Jimmie Davis.  He took office 60 years ago this week. He was a...Read More