Friday, March 29th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  MARY LANDRIEU WON’T  LET ME EAT HORSEMEAT! Chaos reigns in the Middle East, North Korea and Iran continue their nuclear threats to global stability, millions of Americans still don’t have affordable healthcare, gun control and immigration divide the nation in legislative fights, and a federal budget which needs...Read More

Radio time close at hand and we are glad to be back at our flagship station, Clear Channel’s WJBO, in Baton Rouge over the Easter weekend.  Next week, we will be broadcasting from Pensacola Florida.  We hope you will be able to tune in, so check the Genesis local listings of a station in your...Read More

March 29th, 2013Read More

I had a tough time picking out a favorite cartoon for this week to post on the left side of this site.  I opted for “liberty and justice for sale,” that sums up just how things get down Washington, D.C.  But below are a few of my additional favorites for this week.    Read More

To put the world in perspective, if you took 100 people, and broke them down in the demographics of the world at large, what would you end up with? This is a fascinating chart that shows you what languages are spoken and where, sand a world breakdown of religion, age, gender and much more. It’s...Read More

Boy, the hammer really came down last week on Louisiana property owners and drivers as new figures showed automobile rates continued to rise, as well as higher property insurance costs. The damage to Louisiana families and businesses is staggering.  Some $2 billion ripped away from the state’s economy because of these outrageous costs that are...Read More

March 22ed, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LOUISIANA INSURANCE RATES A MAJOR SCANDAL!  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. ...Read More

The weekend is quickly rolling around, and the “Common Sense” show will be on the air before you know it. We really have a lively show set for this week coming up. Ten years ago, America began the Iraq war to find supposedly weapons of mass distraction. They were nowhere to be found, and thousands...Read More

March 21, 2013Read More

Well, we all know love takes many forms, and we all know the special relationship we all have with our pets. I’ve had many dogs, cats and even owls over the years. What about an animal from the wild though? Can they still love you for all their lives? If you have any doubt, take...Read More

It looks like we are more and more becoming a paperless society.  Email, no more faxes, video art, eBooks, its all on the web, and much better”¦.right?  Well maybe not.  Take a look below.Read More

March 15th, 2013Read More

Although I lean towards libertarian thinking, I’ve never been particularly enamored with Kentucky U. S. Senator Rand Paul, who, like his father, is a staunch libertarian.  Maybe it’s his messy curly hair.  But I certainly don’t consider Paul to be a “wacko nut job” as Senator McCain called him on the floor of the U.S....Read More

Friday, March 15th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  A WACKO NUT JOB OVER FREEDOMS? Although I lean towards libertarian thinking, I’ve never been particularly enamored of  Kentucky U. S. Senator Rand Paul, who, like his father, is a staunch libertarian.  Maybe it’s his messy curly hair.  But I certainly don’t consider Paul to be a “wacko...Read More

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Well you are never too old to dance. In fact, to many, dancing is a way of life that really can keep you young. And if you want to see a prime example of this, check out the video below. You know this 88 year old gal really enjoys life, and dancing is all part...Read More

March madness got off a little early this year, as the picking of the new pope put aside basketball, even for the bookies and for those placing bets. A guy named Tom Rauen has created a game that mimics the single-elimination tournaments made famous by college and professional sports in the U.S. He even created...Read More

]ARGUING WITH GOD IN NEW ORLEANS!  Did you watch the much-hyped, The Bible miniseries on the History Channel. There sure was a lot to cover, and there are  only 10 episodes hours.  So it was like watching the Bible’s greatest hits, a series of theme-park tableaus of one disaster after another.  Oh,I’ll watch again this...Read More

The Radio Weekend is upon us, and we here on the “Common Sense Show” are working hard to get ready for a lively show.  We will begin our show by looking at some of the top news events of the week. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, for example, told a legislative committee in Washington this week...Read More

Thursday, March 7th, 2013 New Orleans, Louisiana  ARGUING WITH GOD IN NEW ORLEANS! Like millions of Americans this past Sunday, I sat down to watch the much-hyped, The Bible miniseries on the History Channel. But you can only cover so much in ten hours,  so viewers ended up watching the Bible’s greatest hits, a series...Read More

How bailout this amazing ending to a NEW ROCHELLE-MT VERNON BOYS BASKETBALL game? “¨While it seems like there’s a new crazy, jaw-dropping buzzer beater made every other day, this one from the championship game in White Plains, N.Y. might top all of them. Talk about a crazy ending. Take a look and see if you...Read More

  Here’s a gut-wrenching story of incompetence by a public official if you ever read one.  A state senator in Colorado scolds rape victim for supporting concealed carry on a college campus.  Do you get this? The brave young college student in the video below was raped, and only wished she had had a gun....Read More

March 8th, 2013Read More

  ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS A SHOTGUN, TWO SHELLS, AND INSURANCE, HUH? The ongoing gun debate had two new elements added to the mix this past week.  Vice President Joe Biden suggested that a shotgun was all any individual needed for self-protection. And several states proposed legislation that would to require gun owner’s insurance...Read More

March 1st, 2013 St. John, The Virgin Islands  ALL YOU REALLY NEED IS A SHOTGUN, TWO SHELLS, AND INSURANCE, HUH?  The ongoing gun debate had two new elements added to the mix this past week.  Vice President Joe Biden suggested that a shotgun was all any individual needed for self-protection. And several states proposed legislation...Read More

March 1st, 2013Read More

It’s radio time as the weekend approaches, and we have a full agenda to talk about in Sunday’s nationally syndicated radio show.  Will the government shutdown with the so-called sequestration? And what does sequestration mean in the first place? What’s happened to the immigration debate? Will any changes really have a chance to be put...Read More

Just when it seems like we only see bad things on the news, a story like the one below comes around and makes us all feel a little bit better. A mentally challenged young high school basketball player gets a chance to actually play. He is overwhelmed, and really feels the attention. You’re not going...Read More

The former president of one of the Louisiana’s largest parishes (counties) is heading to jail.  Aaron Broussard is preparing to head to prison for three years and 10 months for conspiracy to commit bribery and theft from a program receiving federal funds.  “I apologize for disgracing my office,” said Broussard shortly after he learned of his...Read More

BIG BANKS AND THEIR CRIMINAL LEADERS GO SCOTT FREE!  After years of financial chicanery, federal prosecutors have decided that Wall Street manipulators are both too big to fail, and too big to jail. There has been a pattern of the largest banks on Wall Street engaging in the most relentless and irresponsible behavior ““ and...Read More

February 22nd, 2013Read More

Thursday, February 21st, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  BIG BANKS AND THEIR CRIMINAL LEADERS GO SCOTT FREE!  After years of financial chicanery, federal prosecutors have decided that Wall Street manipulators are both too big to fail, and too big to jail.  The most recent culprit, in what seems to be a conspiracy to “go soft” on...Read More

A jam-packed show plans for the “Common Sense” weekend close at hand. What about these drones in the sky. In the last six months alone, some 5000 people have been killed in Afghanistan. Many supposedly are civilians. Are we on the right course here? Or are we taking lives irresponsibly? We’ll talk about it. Also,...Read More

Comedian Jon Stewart of The Daily how made much fun out of a new horsemeat scandal.  Apparently, in Europe, horsemeat had been mixed to a small degree in hamburger sold there. Stewart, and many of us were just aghast.  Horsemeat!  In our hamburgers?  What’s the world coming to?  Remember now, we Louisiana eat about anything....Read More

Eleven years old and already a basketball prodigy.  Julian Newman is an 11 years old phenom out of Downey Christian School in Orlando, Florida.”¨He is 4’5″(135cm) and he plays against opponents that are 6 and 7 years older than him.”¨See this prodigy in action!”¨”¨Check him out below.  I he a future NBA star or what?Read More

I have been a Les Miserables’s fan for many years, and anxiously anticipated the movie that came out recently. It certainly deserves an academy award.  And there are takeoffs worldwide.  The South Korean air force produced a Les Miserables video parody on YouTube for “motivational purposes.” This version of the19th century French novel-turned-musical has an...Read More

February 15th, 2013Read More

Though I’m not a Catholic, I’ve always felt a strong bond with the Catholic Church.  The church will soon have a new pope, with the opportunity for reviewing the past, and making progress towards, what some feel, a needed change in the future.  Catholicism can have an affect on many non-Catholics like myself, and I...Read More

Friday, February 14th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  AN OUTSIDER AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH  For most non-Catholics, the retirement and resignation of Pope Benedict XVI is of passing interest. I’m not Catholic, but the Catholic Church has played a significant role in my life for many years.  So the next pope, and his response to those...Read More

As the weekend rolls around, it’s “Common Sense” Radio Time this Sunday.  And we sure have a lively show for our listeners cast to coast as well as this listening all over the world. Remember that some 15% of our listeners come from outside the United States, and we welcome them.  The Carnival cruise ship...Read More

Those of you that follow my website and read my columns on  regular basis, know I have a history of being a hurdler. At least I was a pretty fair one some six belt notches going to waste.  Back in the 60s, I had the honor of representing my country as a member United States...Read More

IMMIGRATION REFORM — PRINCIPAL OR POLITICS? Immigration reform is back on the front burner as a major issue in Washington, and the Republicans are taking the lead.  When Senator John McCain was asked why Republicans were actively joining Democrats in a bipartisan effort to legalize millions of illegal immigrants, McCain forthrightly replied:  “Simple.  Elections —...Read More

Thursday, February 7th, 2013 New York, New York  IMMIGRATION REFORM — PRINCIPAL OR POLITICS? Immigration reform is back on the front burner as a major issue in Washington, and the Republicans are taking the lead.  When Senator John McCain was asked why Republicans were actively joining Democrats in a bipartisan effort to legalize millions of...Read More

February 7th, 2013Read More

The “Common Sense” radio show will again broadcast live this weekend from New York City.  Listeners throughout New Jersey and New York City can hear us over station WVNJ, 1160 A.M.  Sure it’s cold up here, with snow projected for the weekend. Quite a different changeup from the shorts and short sleeve shirt weather we...Read More

The White House released a photograph of President. Obama shooting skeet up at Camp David, and immediately, the skeptics poured out of the woodwork. Was it a coincidence that the photograph was released right in the middle of the gun debate, showing that the president was gun owner himself?  Then to increase the skepticism, the...Read More

In the current 2nd Amendment gun debate, both gun control advocates and those citizens who demand the right to bear arms point to the U.S. Constitution as the source of their strong individual beliefs.  But are there really any guaranteed constitutional protections these days?  Both congress and the courts have slowly but methodically stripped away...Read More

Friday, February 1st, 2013 New York, New York  FORGET THE CONSTITUTION- IT’S DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!  In the current Second Amendment gun debate, both gun control advocates and those citizens who demand the right to bear arms point to the U.S. Constitution as the source of the justification and support for their opposing beliefs.  An interesting...Read More

The “Common Sense Show” will be broadcast live this weekend from New York City.  Listeners they are can hear our program on one of our larger stations in the country, WBNJ, that is heard it throughout New York City as well as all of New Jersey.  Remember, listeners on the East Coast along the eastern...Read More

February 1st, 2013Read More

It’s time that everyone in America speaks English. No exceptions. That’s the buzz phrase in many of the recent political campaigns around the country this past fall. In Alabama, a leading candidate for governor looks into the camera and says: “We speak English so if you cannot speak English or refuse to speak English, get...Read More

We will shortly be celebrating Presidents Day, but there is little talk about the pride and the struggles of being an American by either political party in Washington.  It’s all “blame it on the other party” mentality, and you just have to wonder, how many of these Washington, out of touch, members of Congress, are...Read More

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January 18th, 2013Read More

  Does the national Republican Party have a problem? Many within the leadership ranks don’t think so. Not a problem say some party operatives.  Don’t overreact to the latest defeat.  The Democrats will screw things up and swing voters will be rushing back to the GOP column in the next election-right?  Not quite.  You have...Read More

Friday, January 18th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  WAKE UP CALL FOR REPUBLICANS?  Where does the Republican Party go from here? Are major changes in both direction and philosophy necessary?  Not a problem say some party operatives.  Don’t overreact to the latest defeat.  The Democrats will screw things up and swing voters will be rushing back...Read More

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Great Radio Listening this Weekend!   It’s a long, cold winter with plenty to talk about on the weekend “Common Sense” radio show.  This week, we look at healing thyself.  Stem Cell Therapy is quickly becoming a popular treatment for sports related injuries and as a fast and effective alternative to other injuries to the...Read More

Tobacco Smoke Enema Kit Tobacco Smoke Enemas (1750s ““ 1810s) The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patient’s rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims.A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced the smoke towards the rectum.The warmth of...Read More

We have listeners on the “Common Sense” show from all over the world, and I generally talk about national and international issues, as most of you know. Many of you, who reside throughout the country, and outside United States, may not fully understand the uniqueness of my home state of Louisiana.  Now I know that...Read More

January 10th, 2013Read More

Thursday, January 10th, 2013 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WE STILL WENT OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF! After all that talk about falling off the fiscal cliff, you just knew that members of congress would do the right thing, and work out a compromise on the federal budget that would curtail any additional new spending, close generous tax...Read More

So the country avoided going over the fiscal cliff, and we were all saved from financial Armageddon! Right? Good luck! Congress did a lot more than just kick the can down the road. They dramatically increased spending by a mere  “4 Trillion Dollars,” and raised taxes on 77 % of the American population. Is it...Read More

Here is a great story about your government in action.The Montana Department of Employment, Division of Labor Standards claimed a small rancher was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to investigate him. GOV’T AGENT: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them.” RANCHER: “Well,...Read More

One of my fellow talk show hosts on the Genesis Communications network is Alex Jones, who has a wide-ranging national audience, and can really light up the conservative base.  Alex started a petition to deport CNN’s Piers Morgan for advocating gun control. Morgan conducted one of his most entertaining interviews in a while on Monday...Read More

January 5th, 2013Read More

Thursday, January 3rd, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LITTLE CONCERN FOR JUSTICE IN NEW ORLEANS!  Remember the scene in the movie, The Fugitive, where Harrison Ford is about to jump off a cliff into a raging river?  He turns to his pursuer, a federal agent played by Tommy Lee Jones, and says: “I’m innocent!”Â  Jones shakes...Read More

Those of you who follow this site know that I have written extensively about the criminal justice system, and particularly about prosecutors who cross the line.  It seems that every week, there are new allegations of prosecutorial misconduct across the country.  Texas has always been a hotbed for errant prosecutors who put obtaining a conviction...Read More