The Common Sense on Sunday will continue to update our listeners with information that is informative, compelling, and bizarre.  How much more bizarre could this year’s Republican presidential nomination become.  I’ll give you an update and my perspective.   And remember, the Mayan calendar, written some 2000 years ago, says the world will come to an...Read More

February 2nd, 2012Read More

(Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and I visited last week in Baton Rouge.) Endorsements are coming right and left from major party officials in the Republican primary presidential race. The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion page column last week that concluded endorsements don’t make all that much difference in the final outcome. Nevertheless, the...Read More

   Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WHICH REPUBLICANS ARE NOT ENDORSING  IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE? Endorsements are coming right and left from major party officials in the Republican primary presidential race.  Even so, The Wall Street Journal ran an opinion page column last week that concluded endorsements don’t make all that much difference...Read More

   Well if James Brown was the hardest working man in show business, Jim Brown has just gotta be the hardest working man on the radio. Jim is now on weekends as well as every weeknight. Just check out his schedule below .  Friday, February 3rd. Jim will host one of the nation’ most listened...Read More

Well, all these public issues we talk about each week can be a bit depressing. So it’s time to lighten it up a bit. Here is a little humor for you to get you through your day.Read More

Well, you music affectionautos know that I love Texas grassroots music, and we have plenty of musicians coming over to Baton Rouge on regular occasions.  One of my favorite groups is the Fabulous Ginn Sisters from just south of Austin.  These ladies offer great singing, stunning sister harmonies, smart and melodic writing “” an all...Read More

  SOME OCCASIONAL COMMON SENSE FROM THE SUPREME COURT Is privacy dead in America?  Many of us thought it was after a disastrous year of almost total usurpation of both freedom and privacy by the federal government. Since the founding of our country more than 200 hundred years ago, Americans have enjoyed the core rights...Read More

Sunday means the Common Sense show is close at hand with a solid program for all our listeners.  Mitt Romney pays a 15% tax rate because of capital gains.  Is that fair?  We will talk to Wall Street Journal columnist John Berlau who will help us analyze the pros and cons of the tax system. ...Read More

   Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana SOME OCCASIONAL COMMON SENSE FROM THE SUPREME COURT Is privacy dead in America?  Many of us thought it was after a disastrous year of almost total usurpation of both freedom and privacy by the federal government. Since the founding of our country more than 200 hundred years...Read More

In the present presidential campaign, few words are ever spoken about international confrontations and the plight of our troops serving all over the world.  Many of us do not know any family that has a son or daughter serving overseas, so we can’t comprehend the anxiety and worry that they go through every day.  It’s...Read More

North Carolina has always been my second home, since I went to Chapel Hill as an undergraduate and we travel up to the western North Carolina mountains several times a year.  I always drive through Hendersonville and pass by the We Buy Gold store on the route through this small town.  I’ve never stopped in,...Read More

January 19th, 2012Read More

I don’t know what’s happening where you live, but in my home state of Louisiana, property insurance rates have skyrocketed since 2005 — by an astounding 40%. No other state in the country has experienced such dramatic increases. And we continue to read that it’s all the fault of Katrina. There have been no major...Read More

Thursday, January 19th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana FEDS AND STATE REGULATION CAUSE HIGH INSURANCE RATES! A headline in several regional newspapers caught my eye. “Homeowners Insurance Rate Increases Have Slowed,” said one front page banner. I guess that’s supposed to be good news. But in my home state of Louisiana, rates have skyrocketed since 2005...Read More

Well, most of you have never heard of little Lindsey Williams College.  But they pulled the upset of the year in beating might Georgetown (well, not that Georgetown) with a final shot at the buzzer.  The announcer, obviously excited, goes wild.  So take a look at the final shot.    Read More

Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is making his last stand in the Presidential race. It’s “do or die” in the coming primary in South Carolina. I had a long visit in Santorum in New Orleans a few months ago. He seems genuine and quite a personable fellow. But he seems to be running for president...Read More

My friend for more than 40 years, Sammy Nunez died this week.  He was a giant in Louisiana politics for all those years, and served as president of the Louisiana Senate for some 15 years.  I can’t recall an election of mine where Sammy was not there in full support.  He was with me in...Read More

January 12th, 2012Read More

  Thursday, January 12th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana NICK SABAN AND MITT ROMNEY- FOOTBALL AND POLITICS!  After his team soundly trounced arch rival LSU in the BCS Championship game this week, Alabama Coach Nick Saban took the podium to comment on his team’s huge victory.  The press was no doubt looking for nuggets of quotes...Read More

  There are special lessons to be learned fr0m those who are successful in the jobs they do.  Particularly at the highest level of accomplishment.  And I think we would all agree that being elected as President of the United States, or being the Head Coach of a National Championship football team qualifies as being...Read More

The weekend is close at hand, and, as is usually the case, the Common Sense Show will pack 2 hours of lively discussion this weekend.  Our network continues to grow, and we hope you will be in that number of new listeners.  You can expect that we will rehash the Alabama victory in the Monday’s...Read More

Well the LSU Tigers took in on the chin, and were completely outclassed by a better coached Alabama football team in the BCS Championship in New Orleans this past Monday night.  I was in the Big Easy, and broadcast the “Common Sense” program from the Hilton Hotel were the JSU team was staying.  It was...Read More

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January 5, 2012Read More

(Visiting with republican  presidential front runner Mitt Romney in New York recently.) Governor Mitt Romney’s Iowa caucus victory this week drew nothing more than a few yawns down in Louisiana.  Not much interest over a former east coast governor who, as best they know, has not stepped foot in the state.  Romney seems to be...Read More

(Visiting with republican  presidential front runner Mitt Romney in New York recently.) Governor Mitt Romney’s Iowa caucus victory this week drew nothing more than a few yawns down in Louisiana.  Not much interest over a former east coast governor who, as best they know, has not stepped foot in the state.  Romney seems to be...Read More

        Thursday, January 5th, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana LOUISIANA AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS Governor Mitt Romney’s Iowa caucus victory this week drew nothing more than a few yawns down in Louisiana.  For several reasons.  First, presidential politics is not a front burner issue right now. For many Louisianans, there are more important priorities. ...Read More

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The “Common Sense” radio program will broadcast live from the heart of the French Quarter in downtown New Orleans this weekend. What a football weekend it is. The New Orleans Saints will be playing their first playoff game in the Superdome on Saturday night, January 7th, then comers Monday night and the BCS college championship...Read More

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It’s crunch time for Presidential candidate and former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer. So far, he has been left out of all the televised debates and has not received much notice. But Roemer says he’s been gaining some “Roementum” in the New Hampshire polls””with a 3% showing in the most recent New Hampshire polls and it...Read More

New Year 2012 Pictures Comments – Photobucket A lot of us are not all that optimistic about 2012.  At least, as well as politics and both national and international events go.  2011 was certainly nothing to brag about, and who can get excited about presidential choices barnstorming the country right now.  On the other hand,...Read More

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 NEW YEAR THOUGHTS FROM THE BAYOU STATE Did you make a New Year’s resolution yet? I always do.  Oh,  there are all the usuals.  Spend more time with the family.  Get in better shape. Read more books.  But I try to make a list of more personal challenges.  And let’s face it.  The year 2012...Read More

  December 29, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana NEW YEAR THOUGHTS FROM THE BAYOU STATE Did you make a New Year’s resolution yet? I always do. Hope and foreboding are at the top of my list and have been these past few years. The New Year always brings a promise of uncertainty. More so for most...Read More

December 29th, 2011Read More

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Well I’m a regular on the workout circuit, and you can generally find me at Bally’s Health Club in Baton Rouge five days a week when I’m in town.  And these folks are certainly appreciative.  Check out my Christmas presents from Bally’s this year below.Read More

        With the New Year upon us, we look at the old and bring in the new.  My favorite New Year’s song, What are you doing New Year’s Eve?, is up on the juke box.  And how can you not love the final scene on New Year’s Eve in the movie, When...Read More

  Merry Christmas Louisiana.  Here’s your present from your public officials.  A big boost in your property insurance premiums.  All from the same folks that have been sticking you with higher rates for years because of their lack of proper oversight and outright incompetence.  So enjoy your holidays and get out your checkbook.  More increases...Read More

Yes, it’s Christmas on Sunday this year, but it doesn’t slow down the “Common Sense” radio show.  We will be on the air both this Sunday, as well as New Year’s Day for all you die hards who are up early and wasn’t to get caught up on news around the country.  Sure, we will...Read More

  Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  LOUISIANA PROPERTY OWNERS FACE ANOTHER STATE CREATED FINANCIAL DISASTER!  Merry Christmas Louisiana.  Here’s your present from the public officials you sent to the state capitol.  A big boost in your property insurance premiums!  All from the same folks who have been sticking you with higher rates for...Read More

Dec. 21, 2011Read More

Happy Holidays to you and all your family.  Here’s a video well worth watching.  We have some very special men and women serving our country, and who also make the best of their duty to celebrate Christmas.  Take a look.[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/SDZcGz4vmJc" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]Read More

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If you are a bookophile like me, or just curious in trying to seek out real offbeat gems in beautiful cities, one of my favorites has always been the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris.  It could not be in a more picturesque location,  right on the on the Rive Seine and directly opposite Notre...Read More

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As the end of the year winds down, there sure is plenty to talk about on the weekly “Common Sense” radio program.  Republican presidential politics will be our lead topic, and the fight for the GOP nomination becomes testy and confrontational.  How has the political drive and campaign rhetoric changed in the past 50 years? ...Read More

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IN LOUISIANA, NO MORE HORSEMEAT IN MY GUMBO? This is virtually no limit on what a Louisianan will put in a gumbo.  So when one of our own politicians starts talking about banning anything we want to eat, “them’s fightin’ words.”Â  But that’s just what one on Louisiana’s U.S. senators, Mary Landrieu, wants to do. ...Read More

Thursday, December 8th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana  IN LOUISIANA, NO MORE HORSEMEAT IN MY GUMBO?  Louisiana has been called the culinary Mecca of America.  Folks in this part of the country can take just about anything edible and make it, not just good, but quite exceptional.  And when we say anything, we mean anything.  There...Read More

The Holliday season is busy for all of us, and we certainly will have a full agenda on this week’s “Common Sense” radio show.  For the rest of the year, I’ll be hosting the sow live from our flagship station, Clear Channel’s WJBO AM out of my hometown of Baton Rouge.  Christmas always gives us...Read More

Dec. 8, 2011Read More

During this special time of the year, my favorite Christmas performance is to attend a presentation of the Hallelujah Chorus. This musical tribute  is part of the Messiah, an oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, and is one of the most popular works in the Western choral literature. The most famous movement is the “Hallelujah”...Read More

Fox News commentator Chris Wallace sure knows how to stir up the controversy.  I was with him at a conference in Washington in October, and he lobbed a few political grenades then. I was  glad they were not lobbed at me.  But now he’s jumped right into a football confrontation with his colleague Shep Sheppard. ...Read More

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Dec. 2, 2011Read More

Thursday, December 1st, 2o Baton Rouge, Louisiana REPUBLICANS FLIP, DEMOCRATS FLOP ON HEALTHCARE! Here’s our plot line. You’ve been in a coma for the past four years and just regained consciousness. You are concerned about your medical expenses, so you check to see what the President and congress have done to make healthcare more affordable....Read More

REPUBLICANS FLIP, DEMOCRATS FLOP ON HEALTHCARE! This whole issue of healthcare mandates has become the key controversial factor in the Obamacare debate.  Surely there are some principle-based arguments being made by both republicans and democrats as this matter moves to the U.S. Supreme Court?  But it would seem to be “politics as usual” in Washington,...Read More

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Heading into the holidays, there sure is plenty to talk about on our weekend “Common sense“ program.  Presidential politics updates will e a part of this weekend’s show.  Is the GOP nomination tightening up and are we looking at either former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich as the nominee?  Are...Read More

Well, another “Oops” moment for Texas Governor Rick Perry.  He’s up in New Hampshire trying to salvage a dying campaign, and the poor guy just can’t get a break.  So he tells a group of young voters that they can vote when they are 21.  Hey Rick”¦..the voting age is now 18.  Then he reminds...Read More

Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer just can’t seem to get “no respect” from the GOOP political establishment, but he seems to be getting more air time over national television.  He has a message that, quite frankly, would resonate well if he could join the group of real characters who make up the present Republican field...Read More

         Prosecutorial Misconduct Prevalent in the U.S. ? Over the past few months, there has been a rash of reports and charges of widespread and intentional withholding of evidence on the part of federal prosecutors in a number of high profile criminal cases.  Intentional is the key word here.  Mistakes can be...Read More

            Thursday, November 24th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana PROSECUTORS GONE WILD! Over the past few months, there has been a rash of reports and charges of widespread and intentional withholding of evidence on the part of federal prosecutors in a number of high profile criminal cases.  Intentional is the key...Read More

Thanksgiving weekend will be a good time to relax with family, and tune in to the “Common Sense“ radio program.  It’s been a busy week in the news, and we will have a lot to cover.  Presidential politics continues on the front burner, and the first primary is only six weeks away. Former House Speaker...Read More

From all the Brown Family and our Common Sense Radio Family, we want to wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving as we move into the Holiday Season. Enjoy your weekend and we hope you will join us on the radio Sunday from 9:00 am until 11:00 am central time. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/7NSQLMPUK-8" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true"...Read More

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   YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE — OR ELSE! Why don’t more people show up to vote on Election Day?  In elections all over America, fewer voters are turning out at the polls than ever before. The New York Times ran an op-ed piece last week decrying this national trend, and suggesting that voting be...Read More

  Thursday, November 17th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana YOU ARE GOING TO VOTE — OR ELSE! Why don’t more people show up to vote on Election Day?  In elections all over America, fewer voters are turning out at the polls than ever before. The New York Times ran an op-ed piece last week decrying this...Read More

The weekend is rolling around, and before you know it, The Common Sense radio show will be live and broadcasting all across American and worldwide.  In this crazy would in which we live, there is always much to talk about.  Penn State?  Will this troubling controversy ever subside?  And just what should the University do?...Read More

Nov. 17, 2011Read More

Is Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi one of the all time great con artists?  His supposedly “accurate” information was a key element in why America went to war in Iraq in the first place.  It proofed to be unreliable.  The U.S. fed him millions of dollars and now it seems he has also leaked information to...Read More

Priming Germans for the Holocaust I hope you had the chance to watch the History Channel special this week, “Engineering Evil,” that is devoted to the process of how the Nazis carried out the Holocaust. There were details of how the whole exterminations process was planned and we learned about things like crematorium design. But...Read More

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Nov. 11, 2011Read More