I have written before about the great music stop in Baton Rouge called the Red Dragon Listening Room, located in the heart of the city.  No alcohol unless you bring your own.  Owner Chris Maxwell (pictured above with Terri Hendrix and me) makes nothing off the concert as all the proceeds go to the musicians...Read More

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Just because it’s August and often up to 100 degrees in many parts of the country doesn’t mean there is not a whole lot going on to talk about on the radio.   The political climate is dysfunctional, and daily “goofy” comments take place by both parties.  Is there anyone running for president that has a...Read More

Are you a NASCAR fan?  There sure are a great number of die hards down in my part of the country.  Now some will say that NASCAR fans are rednecks, who have nothing better to do than watch a bunch of cars go in circles.  But those that feel that way are missing a whole...Read More

With all the bad economic news abounding worldwide, at least we can look to the fall sporting events of football and basketball to divert our attention from so much world confrontation.  And it’s particularly nice to see healthy competition between the U.S. and China, since China holds so much of the American debt.  How about...Read More

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              Fifty years ago his weekend, the Berlin Wall was erected by the puppet soviet state of East Germany.  Unless you are over sixty five or are a history buff, you may not understand the tensions that existed then that had many observers feel we could be on the brink of war with...Read More

Sunday, August 14th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE BERLIN WALL STOPPED ME COLD FIFTY YEARS AGO! Fifty years ago his weekend, the Berlin Wall was erected by the puppet soviet state of East Germany.  Unless you are over sixty five or are a history buff, you may not understand the tensions that existed then that...Read More

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                                                After a long but quick trip throughout much of the Southeastern United States, my “Common Sense“ radio show is back home in Baton Rouge this weekend on our home station, Clear Channel’s WJBO, that’s 1150 AM.  We made radio stops in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Atlanta, Georgia, and Boone, North Carolina.  And after a few week...Read More

             The Masters is certainly America’s most prestigious golfing event, and one of the great golfers most associated with this world famous tournaments is two time winner Ben Crenshaw. The Masters is where Crenshaw tied for 19th place as a first-time amateur in 1972. It’s where he holed that impossibly sinister 60-footer for birdie...Read More

I’m Out of here for the Summer Many naysayers have predicted that the family summer vacation, a venerable American tradition for over a century, has now passed away quietly after a lengthy illness. Supposedly, the final coup de grace was the recent rise in gas prices. But I say they protest a bit too much....Read More

Well as Willie Nelson sings, It’s on the Road Again for the “Common Sense“ show and we will be making a number of stops.  This weekend, I’ll be broadcasting live from Atlanta’s largest talk station, Clear Channel’s WGST-640 Am located in the heart of downtown Atlanta.  (Of curse the station is on Peachtree Road). And...Read More

So what do you think?  Is former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards irrelevant?  He has not been in office since 1995″¦.that’s 16 years, and we all know he had to take an eight and a half year “vacation” until just recently.  So many assume he just would fade of into the sunset and never be heard...Read More

Eye eeeee.  The Louisiana man, Doug Kershaw, came home last week.  Doug started out as a South Louisiana Zydeco singer, and became the Cajun voice to Cajun music lovers all over the world.  I’ve heard Doug perform many times, and we have become good friends over the years.  He and I had a rollicking good...Read More

George Rodrigue has been a Louisiana institution for many years. I knew George when he began painting south Louisiana pastorals back in the 1970s. Then one day, on a whim, he painted his dog that had stayed by his sid3e in his studio for many years, but had recently passed away. For some reason, he...Read More

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LSU AND THE FEDS LOOK BAD IN CASE HANDLING This whole Anthrax debacle on the part of the FBI gets even murkier, since we now find out that the latest guy fingered as the culprit apparently did not have the ability to even create anthrax in his laboratory.  Columnist Justin Raimondo wrote an in depth...Read More

July 26, 2011Read More

ON THE RADIO! I’ll be taking the “˜Common Sense“ radio show on the road in the next few weeks, visiting some of our network stations, and enjoying an extended summer vacation as I travel.  A good chance to also renew old friendships and visit far off family members.  It’s New Orleans this weekend for a...Read More

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Many naysayers have predicted that the family summer vacation, a venerable American tradition for over a century, has now passed away quietly after a lengthy illness. Supposedly, the final coup de grace was the recent rise in gas prices. But I say they protest a bit too much. I’ve taken a vacation a few weeks...Read More

Hey, we want to welcome new station KQEW 102.3fm, an FM signal that is heard all over south Arkansas and located in Fordyce, AR.  They are the latest in a growing number of radio stations that carry the “Common Sense” program each weekend. A biomedical gerontologist in England is predicting that humans will soon live...Read More

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We are really fortunate in my home town of Baton Rouge to have a “Music Room.”Â  Local businessman Chris Maxwell has created a place where song writers and solo musicians can come and perform.  Chris serves no food or beverages.  It’s just a place to listen to good music.  You are welcome to bring your...Read More

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Thursday, July 7th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A RUSH TO JUDGMENT IN THE  ANTHONY AND STRAUSS-KAHN CASES? The press told us that both high profile cases were slam dunks for the prosecutors.   In the Casey Anthony case, a dysfunctional young mother parties for a month while her young daughter is missing.  In the Strauss-Kahn criminal...Read More

RUSH TO JUDGMENT IN THE  ANTHONY AND STRAUSS-KAHN CASES? The press told us that both high profile cases were slam dunks for the prosecutors.  Casey Anthony and Dominique Strauss-Kahn There was no doubt in the press and by the prosecutors.  Both were guilty.  Or so we were told.  From the beginning, both cases were played...Read More

Jim Brown’s “Common Sense” nationally syndicated radio program will be back in Baton Rouge this week, broadcasting from our flagship station, Clear Channel’s WJBO. One more week at home, then our show is back on the road broadcasting from New York City, Asheville, North Carolina, and Mt. Helens, Oregon, all in the weeks to come....Read More

When the GOP converged on New Orleans last month, I ran into Mark Halperin, editor-at-large and senior political analyst for TIME Magazine.  I had read his book Game Change, which thoroughly covered the 2008 presidential election from beginning to end.  He struck me as rather laid back, and I was surprised at his recent comment...Read More

As many of you know, New Orleans has been my home off and on for almost 50 years.  I received my law degree from Tulane University, worked my way through law school by coaching little league and playing my banjo on Bourbon Street, began my law practice in the Big Easy, and for years hosted...Read More

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Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana WHAT’S HAPPENED TO FREEDOM ON THIS 4TH OF JULY? Independence Day to most Americans means a three day weekend with gatherings of family and friends, barbecues, parties, games, food, parades, baseball games and fireworks.  Traditionally, most of us know that July 4th is the recognition and celebration of...Read More

THE 4TH OF JULY-FREEDOM NOT HOT DOGS! Independence Day to most Americans means a three day weekend with gatherings of family and friends, barbecues, parties, games, food, parades, baseball games and fireworks.  Traditionally, most of us know that July 4th is the recognition and celebration of our country’s independence from an oppressive government.  But this...Read More

The Common sense radio show starts out in the month of July with an independence weekend bang, and several new stations joining our network.  New additions to the show include: WVNJ 1160 AM in New York City and Teaneck, New Jersey.  This is a large market station that has listeners throughout northern New Jersey and...Read More

The 4th of July means family, friends, outdoors and a good mid- summer holidays.  But it’s a so a special day to remember the freedoms that we fight to protect in this county.  Too often, our freedoms are under attack, not from abroad, but from politicians right here at home.  And like several other holidays,...Read More

As of this writing, my two favorite female tennis stars are soon to face each other in the Wimbledon semi finals.  I’ve had the chance to see tennis at Wimbledon for many years, going back to my days in school at Cambridge University.  I used to run track meets at Wimbledon back in the 60s. ...Read More

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Thursday, June 23rd, 201 New Orleans, Louisiana THE GOP DOG AND PONY SHOW COMES TO NEW ORLEANS! The circus comes to town quite often in New Orleans.  It’s always Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, frolicking in the French Quarter, and weekly festivals where zany antics take place, few restrictions apply, and the good times continue to...Read More

THE GOP DOG AND PONY SHOW COMES TO NEW ORLEANS! The circus comes to town quite often in New Orleans.  It’s always Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, frolicking in the French Quarter, and weekly festivals where zany antics take place, few restrictions apply, and the good times continue to roll.  So it was no surprise that...Read More

Wow, do we have a fully packed radio program this weekend that you won’t want to miss.  I’ll rehash the Republican circus that took place in New Orleans last weekend at the National Republican Leadership Conference.  It was Snow white and the Seven Dwarfs all running for the presidential nomination with each candidate trying to...Read More

June 23, 2011Read More

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Thursday, June 16th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana ARE REPUBLICANS FLIP FLOPPING ON HEALTH INSURANCE  MANDATES? Remember the old knock on presidential candidate John Kerry back in the 2004 election?  “I was for it before I was against it.”Â Â  Today, about the single worst charge that can be made against any conservative republican presidential candidate is...Read More

ARE REPUBLICANS FLIP FLOPPERS ON HEALTH INSURANCE  MANDATES? Remember the old knock on presidential candidate John Kerry back in the 2004 election?  “I was for it before I was against it.”Â Â  Today, about the single worst charge that can be make against any conservative republican presidential candidate is that they support requiring Americans to buy...Read More

The Presidential season seems to be approaching way too soon, with the first major Republican debate having taken place this past Monday evening.  Did you watch it or even care?  We wil talk a bit about winners and losers.  Our friend Professor Gabe Feldman was sidetracked last week, so he will be with us again...Read More

It’s interesting what you can see on signs around your area, and a few of the conflicting surrounding messages.  Take a look at a few of my favorites; And my favorite below.Read More

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Cajun music is a way of life down here where I live in Louisiana, and this time of year means summer festivals, piles of crawfish, and Cajun music galore.  Cajuns are the descendants of exiles from the French colony of ACADIA (present-day Nova Scotia and adjacent areas) who left their homeland in 1755 and found...Read More

June 8, 2011Read More

John Edwards is a sleazy guy who has betrayed his family, his friends and his supporters.  He has certainly fallen from grace and will carry this albatross for the rest of his life.  But is he a criminal under federal law and should he go to jail?   That’s the question that needs to be asked...Read More

Thursday, June 9th, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana JOHN EDWARDS- IS IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO BE A SLEAZE? He was once the fair haired boy of the Democratic Party, and a major contender for the presidential nomination.  In December of 2006, I was working in New Orleans hosting a daily radio program on Clear Channel’s...Read More

Normally, the summertime is a slow news time of year, and radio shows like mine often scramble to book interesting topics for our listeners. Not in today’s climate. From worldwide confrontation to presidential, congressional and state politics, there is plenty of “red meat” to discuss, analyze and pontificate over. This week is no exception. John...Read More

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Malcolm Holcombe is considered a bluegrass, folk singing genius in the Blue Ridge Mountains around Asheville, North Carolina.  He’s been around for years, and has a unique personal style of playing and singing that has built quite a following in the backwoods music field.  I’ve listened to Macomb for years.  He’s had highs and real lows...Read More

[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKa96P4u1J8" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /] Well by now, most of you have heard Sarah Palin’s explanation of why Pal Revere made his famous ride.  According to Sarah, it was to warn the British.  It was even a bit much for Chris Wallace at Fox News to swallow. All the Palin apologists immediately came...Read More

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Last week, The Congress of the United States sent a strong message to the American people that infringement on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution itself is just all part of the price we pay for “Big Government” to protect us.  Thomas Paine warned us at the birth of our nation that “it is...Read More

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana CONGRESS BETRAYS BASIC AMERICAN FREEDOMS! Since the founding of our country more than 200 hundred years ago, Americans have enjoyed core rights and liberties that made our country not just unique, but exceptional in protecting our basic freedoms. But no more.  Just last week, The Congress of the...Read More

So much to talk about in our weekend show, and way too little time.  We will take a look at the week in review, and look at the musical chairs being played by republican presidential candidates.  It’s hard to say from week to week who is in and who is out.  Sarah Palin goes to...Read More

So are you a big supporter of Sarah Palin for President? The lady is back on the campaign stump tour traveling in her “Freedom Van’ all across the country, particularly in those states that will soon have presidential primaries. And guess what? She has some strong supporters already running TV spots in her behalf. Take...Read More

You’ve probably heard of shrimp on the barbie, but what about shrimp on a treadmill? The National Science Foundation has, and it spent $500,000 of taxpayer money researching it. It’s not entirely clear what this research hoped to establish. It’s not just shrimp on a treadmill. The foundation spent $1.5 million to create a robot...Read More

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May 26, 2011Read More

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HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the state’s electoral votes go to the top...Read More

Thursday, May 26th, 2011 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HOW CAN  STATES LIKE LOUISIANA BECOME PLAYERS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? Last week, this column analyzed how only a handful of states will be both relevant and make any substantive difference in next year’s presidential election.  Under the present system, it’s a “winner take all” contest, where the...Read More

There never is a lack of challenging topics to talk about on the radio, particularly this weekend.  “˜We have a full agenda planned and we hope you will be able to join the show.  How about we start grading parents as well as the kids?  Teachers overwhelmingly agree that parental guidance and participation is a...Read More

I was over in the Pensacola, Florida area last week.  My radio program is carried over WNVY (1070 am) and WVTJ (610am) so it was ice to touch base with a number of regular listeners throughout that area.  Tourism is still down following the Gulf Oil spill, and may restaurants complain that many northerners think...Read More

Well President Obama might need to get a little protocol help on his next foreign trip.  While visiting the London last week, the President attended a dinner with Queen Elizabeth and a number of British officials. He decided to raise his glass and make a toast, all quite proper, but then he does so and...Read More

May 19, 2011Read More

Red states, Blue states, the country is full of a number of states that overwhelming support one party or the other.  Louisiana has become solidly Republican while states like California and New York are firmly in the democratic column.  This is certainly one of the most important elections in modern history.  But if you live...Read More