The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c CNN & Fox News Report Supreme Court Decision www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on FacebookRead More

The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Obamacare?  Who would have thought it.  And what kind of a bet could you have gotten a few months ago that Chief Justice John Roberts would have lead the charge to keep the law constitutional, and write the majority opinion?  The ruling on healthcare will reverberate and be analyzed for...Read More

Thursday, June 28th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana JUSTICE ROBERTS BUILDING A LEGACY ON HEALTHCARE! Who would have thought it? Chief Justice John Roberts, who leads the Republican bastion of conservative jurisprudence on the U.S. Supreme Court joined four Democratic justices in upholding the Obamacare health initiatives. There was uncertainty by both supporters and opponents as...Read More

The Common Sense on Sunday will continue to update our listeners with information that is informative, compelling, and bizarre. Well, Republicans sure think this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obamacare is “of the wall.” How could Chief Justice Roberts betray them? We will talk about it in some detail on Sunday’s “Common Sense” program....Read More

Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock enjoys one of the briefest moments of fame, but maybe not in the way he had hoped.  Trying to gain a political edge, and anticipating the rolling of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision of Obamacare, he tapes a response, in advance, for every possible outcome by the Court.  Guess...Read More

The New York Times Op Ed page features an article this Sunday by daughter Campbell on the self-destructive behavior of Planned Parenthood, the national organization that has experienced so much recent controversy.  Whether you are for against abortion, and whether you are a Republican or Democrat, you should find the article thought provoking.  She leaves...Read More

June 21, 2012Read More

Whatever the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the healthcare debate, the system is still in grave trouble and needs a major overhaul.  Obamacare won’t do the trick, and the Republicans have offered few realistic solutions to giving affordable care.  Can the economy afford an employer mandate?  If not, what are the alternatives? Take a look...Read More

  Thursday, June 21st, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  HEALTHCARE DECISION WON’T SOLVE PROBLEM!  In a matter of days, the U.S. Supreme Court will hand down the highly anticipated decision on whether the Obama healthcare plan is constitutional. Predicting the court’s majority mindset is a crapshoot. Court observers say the decision could go either way.  But...Read More

Radio time over the weekend on the “Common Sense” program with so much ground to cover, and we sure hope you will tune in.  The show is broadcast live over the Genesis Communications network and sent out to stations all over the nation.  Our live feed goes out at 9:00 am central time, but numerous...Read More

When you graduate from high school, are you particularly special?  Most commencement addresses tell kids how exceptional they are.  But check out the commencement speech below by Wellesley High School teacher David McCollum, son of the famous historian by the same name.  Of course, what he is saying is that a student has an opportunity,...Read More

I don’t know what you are doing at 5:30 in the moiri8ng, but I am of course up and about doing my work outs and tearing into the new day.  (Yeah, right!)  I do get up a bit later than that, and start my day with some juice, the morning papers, and I turn on...Read More

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c John Kerry to Portray Mitt Romney in Debate Prep www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video ArchiveRead More

RESPECT FOR SUPREME COURT PLUMMETS!  Respect and public support for the U.S. Supreme Court is at an all time low.  Several recent polls show that are large majority of Americans do not approve of the job they are doing, while three-quarters of those polled think the justices decisions are often influenced by their personal or...Read More

Thursday, June 14th, 2012 Perdido Key, Florida RESPECT FOR SUPREME COURT PLUMMETS! Those poor  blokes on the U. S. Supreme Court are having a tough go of it in recent months.  Several recent polls show that are large majority of Americans do not approve of the job they are doing, while three-quarters of those polled...Read More

It will be Father’s Day this Sunday, and we will lhave some fun talking aout the trials and tribulations of fathers everywhere.  Dave Salters isn’t a child psychologist or a parenting expert. He’s a passionate, but flawed, father of three daughters who wakes up every morning to four females battling for two bathrooms, the blow...Read More

And you thought politics in the U.S. was a “take no prisoners” blood sport.  We are pikers in this country compared to all the turmoil going on over in Greece.  If you want to see some real knockdown, drag out political confrontations; take a look at what happened in a campaign debate over in Athens...Read More

  Remember the old Lego sets.  I grew up building with Legos, spending many hours building everything imaginable.  With all the computer video games available, today’s kids don’t have the interest to get down on the floor and mix and match the multicolored creative opportunities.  And all the fun building with my young friends (“Let...Read More

  There are many cases throughout the nation where the judicial system fails an innocent victim.  But few are as egregious as the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman.  Any neutral observer who looks at what happened to Siegelman will conclude that the whole sordid investigation reeks of party politics and stinks to high...Read More

     Thursday, June 7th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana POLITICS BEING CRIMINALIZED BY PROSECUTORS? Don Siegelman was in his second term as Alabama Governor, and by most accounts was doing a commendable job.  But he was a Democrat in a predominantly Republican state.  And that apparently rankled the likes of then Bush political adviser Karl...Read More

June 7, 2012Read More

Whitehouse Roundhouse – Obama vs. Romney – watch more funny videosRead More

Let me tell you something.  I hate ants.  I occasionally step on an ant pile and squirm as thousands of ants crawl in every direction.  What do they do in that big pile?  Well now I know, and I will have to say I am impressed.  Have you ever watched just what these swarms of...Read More

Well Tiger seems to be finally coming around. This past weekend, there was a rejuvenated Tiger Woods. Even at the end of Saturday’s third round, Woods appeared to have a slim chance to win the classic Memorial in Ohio. He was down four and onlookers once again had despaired of an old-time charge. But suddenly...Read More

Well we have a new Miss America, and it is always nice to see so many lovely and bright young ladies representing the best of American women-right?  Well they may be lovely, but bright?  Check out the following story about the Miss USA contest. The winner was well deserved.  She is Rhode Island cellist Olivia...Read More

  No more daily newspapers?  The New Orleans Times Picayune will publish only three times a week.  Your only option is to go on line and read the digital addition over the internet.  But what happens if you don’t have access to the web? Some 40% of residents in my home state of Louisiana have...Read More

  Thursday, May 31, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana EQUALITY? ALL KIDS HAVE A RIGHT TO INTERNET ACCESS!  Newspapers are in trouble all across America.  The latest ax to fall is in New Orleans where The Times-Picayune will cut back to publishing three days a week. The reason is simple economics.  Since Katrina in 2005, The...Read More

So things have slowed down in your life and you need a little spark, right?  Something to get the adrenalin running, and some new challenges to make you feel young again.  Well of course Professor Brown has a few suggestions for you.  Take a look at the videoRead More

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It’s a long, hot summer 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 joints and spine. Stem cell therapy...Read More

May 24th, 2012Read More

    New Orleans is the murder capitol of America with one of the worst murder rates in the world. And the killings continue at an ever growing rate.  When it comes to murder rates, America surpasses the developed world at some five per 100,000 people. New Orleans has more than ten times that number....Read More

  Thursday, May 24th, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana NEW ORLEANS CRIMINAL JUSTICE- THE EVIL EMPIRE? In the movie about New Orleans called Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Nicolas Cage plays a corrupt New Orleans cop, and tells a fellow cop to “Shoot him again.”Â  “What for?” says his companion. Cage casually observes:  “His...Read More

The countdown has begun for this week’s “Common Sense“ radio program, and we have a full plate on tap for our listeners this Sunday. Check your local listings and you can always listen live right here on this website. Our network continues to grow and we want to welcome two new stations; WRJM 1270am and...Read More

My friend and legendary former LSU basketball coach is the best motivator, hands down, that I have ever know.  Nobody gives an inspirational speech any better than Coach Brown.   He sent me the video below, that gives an excellent perspective of how much we take for granted, and the difficulties faced by so many others...Read More

Can we even remember for how many years we have been listening to Diana Ross sing one hit after the other?  Back in my elected official’s days in the mind 1980s, I held a fundraiser in Baton Rouge with this music Diva.  She was a superstar then and still is today.  She had me up...Read More

Issues involving and affecting women will be a major focus of this presidential campaign.  Have the Republicans driving some women voters away with the GOP with so much emphasis on social issues?  And are the Democrats being too patronizing of women today?  Daughter Campbell has written an Opinion Page article in Sunday’s New York Times,...Read More

    Will the big banks and the Wall Street profiteers ever learn?  Or do they even want to?  The latest financial fiasco involves my own personal bank.  It’s the guys at J.P. Morgan-Chase that, once again, crossed the line of responsible money management.   There was a “make the big bucks” mentality by the bank...Read More

The “Common Sense” radio show returns back home to Baton Rouge this weekend, after a lively program out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina last week.  And boy, do we have a lot to talk about.  There is an obesity epidemic sweeping the nation.  Fine to eat what you want, but who is paying for those...Read More

  It’s hard to believe that it has been 50 years since I graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  50 years.  Hey, time really flies.  I had not been back for earlier reunions, but I was amazed at the number of old college classmates that I remembered and recognized.  It was...Read More

Thursday, May 17, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WE’RE TOO BIG TO FAIL- SO LET THE TAXPAYERS COVER OUR LOSING BETS! I drive each day by my local bank.  It’s a Chase branch of J.P. Morgan.  I don’t have much to save, but I count on my bank to invest my money.  Not bet my hard...Read More

William Shatner for President – The most amazing bloopers are hereRead More

IS IT SAFE TO WEAR MY HOODIE?   The hoodie has become a symbol of the successful (Mark Zuckerberg), the criminal (see any intercity cop show) and the tragic in the most recent case of Trayvon Martin.  This young man found out that depending on when and where it is worn, a hoodie can put...Read More

  Thursday, May 5th, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana  IS IT SAFE TO WEAR MY HOODIE?  With summer approaching, I re-arranged my closet last week and put away winter clothes.  In the mix was my hoodie.  This garment has recently become one on of the most controversial pieces of outerwear in the nation.  I wear mine when...Read More

A busy but fun filled weekend for the “Common sense” radio program.  It’s “LIVE” from the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.  This is certainly one of the nation’s prettiest campuses, and it will be quite a treat for me to return to my alma mater.  I graduated from Carolina 50...Read More

Anyone that knows anything about Rock and Roll has heard of Jerry Lee Lewis from my old hometown of Ferriday, Louisiana. He’s one of the three famous cousins that include Mickey Gilley (see interview below) and Rev. Jimmy Swaggart.  But Ferriday has a whole slew of musicians.  One is this pretty lady with above and...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

  Those TSA guys (Transportation Security Agency), far from being more helpful at airport security lines, just seem to be ore belligerent and right down obstinate.  And the billions of dollars spent are, in many instances, for naught.  A waste of money that gives us little additional protection from the terrorists.  Israel, that is under...Read More

The weekend “Common Sense” Radio Show is close at hand, and we have another interesting line up for our listeners. Presidential politics is on our agenda, and we will take a look at who is seriously in the running for Mitt Romney’s vice presidential nominee.  Does he play to the voting blocks he needs, particularly...Read More

Well it was quite a night in Natchez, Mississippi last weekend as country music star Mickey Gilley came to town and put on quite a concert.  If you are not a country music fan, Mickey Gilley is one of the all time greats, with 17 number one hits and some 40 records in the country...Read More

  Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SO THIS TERRORIST WALKS INTO A  BAR! I was in the New Orleans airport this week waiting as a family member made her way through airport security with two small babies.   Boy, were these guys with the Transportation Security Agency on the job and up to the...Read More

  American politicians, today, are saturating their rhetoric with religious references for the purpose of bolstering a particular political point of view.  Haven’t we prided ourselves as a country of insisting on a strong separation between church and state?  Render unto Caesar and all that stuff?  Almost every political conversation in this presidential election year...Read More

  Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE COMPLICATIONS OF RELIGION AND POLITICS! I have a request of all of our pontificating politicians.  Leave God and me alone to work out our relationship.  I consider myself a religious person, but I don’t wear my faith on my sleeve or preach to my neighbors.  I...Read More

New York City was the venue last week for me, as I was invited to participate in an Ideas Festival with a gathering of news makers from around the country.  I guess I was included as the token “Redneck,’ but for whatever reason I was invited, it was a stimulating program and a lively debate...Read More

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Super Tuesday II www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video ArchiveRead More

So what do you to do spice things up a bit, especially if you live in a small town? To advertise a new TV channel in Belgium, a company set up a large red button on a pedestal in a square of a sleepy Flemish town with the invitation to press it if you wanted...Read More

April 12th, 2012Read More

 LOUISIANA’S “GIVE THE CRIMINALS PLENTY OF NOTICE” LAW! There’s a great new edict that’s about to become law in my home state of Louisiana.  It’s called   the GTCPTG statute.  Short for, “Give the Criminals plenty of time to get away.”Â  Louisiana legislators and the state’s insurance department are working overtime to assure that the Bayou...Read More

We hope you can join us on this week’s “Common Sense“ radio program, on Sunday morning from 9:00 am until 11:00 from 9:00 am until 11:00 am central time on stations coast to coast.  And a full agenda is on tap.  We will talk about taxes (did you remember to file by the 15?), Thomas...Read More

 I don’t know about you, but I’m a big “Flash mob” guy.  I’ve never actually seen one live, but I hope one day that a group of young folks will break out in song and dance in a large crowd.  Here is one of the best.  It happened in Russia.  Look how decent and clean...Read More

  Thursday, April 11th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana LOUISIANA’S “GIVE THE CRIMINALS PLENTY OF NOTICE” LAW! There’s a great new edict that’s about to become law in my home state of Louisiana.  It’s called   the GTCPTG statute.  Short for, “Give the Criminals plenty of time to get away.”Â  Louisiana legislators and the state’s insurance department...Read More

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Rick Santorum Leaves Presidential Race www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video ArchiveRead More

It the political rage throughout the country to demand that English should be the official language.  And quite frankly, I agree.  That is, from the public perspective.  I occasionally get a bit irritated when I’m told to “press one for English, two for Spanish” etc.  If a U.S. governmental body insists on printing forms, giving...Read More

Thursday, April 5, 2012 Redneck Country, Louisiana DON’T TELL ME TO SPEAK ENGLISH OR LEAVE! I was at a book fair recently, hawking some of my Lisburn Press publications, and I was asked to comment on the nation’s immigration problem. One fellow apparently didn’t like my response. “Oh, I know all about you writers out...Read More

A pleasant Easter Sunday nationwide, and a great surrounding for the “Common Sense” radio program all set for this weekend.  I hope you will have the chance to tune in.  National politics freedom  to speak whatever language you want in America, the history of Easter, getting ready for tax season, and a look back and...Read More

What a weekend at the Final Four in New Orleans as March Madness came to a peak.  Whether you are a basketball fan, or just like to take in all the excitement of a big Big Easy event, I was all there from Bourbon Street to the Superdome.  Some 80,000 fans jammed into the dome”¦the...Read More

If you check out this blog on regular occasions, you will know that I’m a diehard bluegrass music fan.  I’ve played a variety of sting instruments all my life.  I started with the guitar, went to the banjo, and more recently, the mandolin and even the fiddle.  But my favorite has always been the banjo. ...Read More

April 5th, 2012Read More