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  Louisiana’s flagship university, LSU, is in a desperate legislative fight to maintain its current spending levels.  Right now, the university is looking at a shortfall over $100 million dollars.  Why isn’t there more concern and outrage coming from legislators?  And Jim raises the question in this week’s column-Should the leadership at LSU carry some...Read More

  Thursday, June 4, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE RISE AND FALL OF LSU Huey Long was the best friend and supporter LSU ever had.  He was called the father of the modern LSU by the Virginia Quarterly Review in commenting that “Huey stroked LSU as if he had been coddling a newborn pet elephant. ...Read More

  Take a look below at radio show highlights from Jim’s show on WJBO-1150 am, out of Baton Rouge.  He is on the air this week from 5pm until 7pm weekdays.  You can tune in if you are in the Baton Rouge area, or hear Jim over the worldwide web at http://www.wjbo.com/. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/i1SAfdM_cHU" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent"...Read More

Have you heard or read about Oklahoma druggist Jerome Ersaind, who was confronted by two robbers in his store, pulled a gun and shot one thug, ran after the other one, then came back and shot the wounded thug 5 times as the thug lay on the floor?  It was the subject of my radio...Read More

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    JIM’S BACK ON THE RADIO You can catch Jim on the radio in Baton Rouge beginning next Tuesday, June 2nd on WJBO from 5pm till 7:00 pm.  Tune in all next week.     A new nominee just appointed by the President to fill an upcoming vacancy on the US Supreme Court.  Was...Read More

  Thursday, May 28, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A SUPREME COURT APPOINTEE FROM LOUISIANA? FAT CHANCE! Before the President made his choice this week for a new nominee to fill the coming vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, the White House undertook a nationwide search.  There were parameters.  The pick was certain to be...Read More

  What could have been in New Orleans?  That’s the opinion of Casino Magnet Steve Wynn, who is tabbed as “Mr. Las Vegas” for the many hotel casinos he has built.  He also built the beau Rivage in Biloxi, where I spent Memorial Day.  My weekly video gives me a chance to tell you about...Read More

  Memorial Day found many of us here in the South at the beach.  I made a last minute decision to head to Biloxi and the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino.  I’m not a gambler, but there is plenty to do around Biloxi and Ocean Springs.  So if you want to take a quick cyber...Read More

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  We hear so much about the huge debt the federal government is running up.  Just how do they figure it all ?  Maybe  we should use the formula in the video below.  Makes as much sense as these federal budget analysists do. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/88E0TYijc5I" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]Read More

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  The financial scandals involving The Sanford group and Bernie Madoff have hit a number of Louisianans hard.  Several families in the Baton Rouge area reportedly lost $50 million or more.  New York Yankee left fielder Johnny Damon lost much more.  So who is to blame?  Is it just Madoff and Sanford?  My new column...Read More

  As part our regular weekly videocasts, this week, you can watch an interview with LaNewsLink.com publisher Pat Bergeron, fom Baton Rouge, who gives his view of problems facing Gov. Bobby Jindal.  Pat is one of a growing number of commentators who feel Jindal should be focusing more on problems in Louisiana, and stay away,...Read More

Thursday, May 21, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana STANFORD AND MADOFF HAD ACCOMPLICES: THEIR VICTIMS! There are three things you should learn early in life. Don’t play poker with a guy named Slim. Don’t buy a Rolex form a guy on the street who’s out of breath. And don’t put your money in some exotic investment...Read More

  Memorial Day weekend is fast approaching with the actual day being this coming Monday.  Do you even know what is being memorialized?  Traditional observance of Memorial Day has diminished over the years. Many Americans nowadays have forgotten the meaning and traditions of Memorial Day. At many cemeteries, the graves of the fallen are increasingly...Read More

  I’m a big Bluegrass Country music fan, and have been for many years.  I was in Jackson, Louisiana last week for the Pecan Ridge Bluegrass Festival, and will be up in the North Carolina Mountains in June for several more.  Or I try to play a bit.  I have and play (not too well)...Read More

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  Free spirits like you and me love the great outdoors and feeling the wind blowing in our face.   And one of the best examples of this great feeling is riding on a motorcycle.  I’ve had bikes most of my life, from smaller dirt and off road bikes right up to my most recent, a...Read More

  Thursday, May 14, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana FREEDOM OF CHOICE IN MOTORCYCLE HELMET DEBATE One of the hottest issues in the current session of the Louisiana Legislature, meeting at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, is the repeal of a law that currently mandates the wearing of a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle. ...Read More

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Should Roman Catholic priest be allowed to marry and have a family?  The issue is receiving national attention this week after a highly popular Miami priest, Rev. Alberto Cutie, was caught by a Spanish tabloid cuddling on a beach with a woman the priest says he loves.  Father Cutie is receiving overwhelming support in the...Read More

Louisiana US Senator David Vitter has caused a firestorm in both Washington and a number of Gulf Coast States by putting a hold on the new nominated FEMA Director Craig Fugate from Florida.  He is strongly supported by key republicans, but Vitter says he want answers to a number of past FEMA problems.  Is he...Read More

  What’s happening to Bobby Jindal and transparency in government?  The Governor has lost me on the political or “good government” benefits of keeping his records more secret than any governor in the nation.  This is a personal issue with me.  Back in the mid 1970s when I was a state senator, I authored and...Read More

  Should Louisiana pay out millions of dollars to the New Orleans Saints as a subsidy to keep the owners happy in New Orleans?  That’s the question Jim raises in his new column this week. No other state pays one penny for a professional football team.  So why should Louisiana?  Jim takes a close look...Read More

  Thursday, May 7, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana A HIGH PRICE TO KEEP THE SAINTS! The plan seems to be “Keep the Saints at any price.”Â  Proposals at Louisiana’s state capitol to give millions of dollars a year for decades to come is steamrolling through the legislature.  Governor Bobby Jindal says the deal will “save...Read More

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  Well nationally know porn star and Baton Rouge native Stormy Daniels is traveling Louisiana this week on what she bills as a listening tour in her quest to oust incumbent U.S. Senator David Vitter from office.  Stormy says she is serious about making the race.  You can read about and watch stormy below.  By...Read More

Now I don’t know about you, but I love country music.  Oh, I like many kinds of music (even Opera, would you believe), but being from Ferriday and knowing Jerry Lee, Mickey and Rev. Jimmy Swaggart, country music just kind of grows on you.  Hey, I was in Walker, La. Saturday night listening to their...Read More

  I have seen many Las Vegas shows over the years, and have been entertained by many of the great ones.  Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Wayne Newton, Bette Middler, Jay Leno, Queen, the list goes on.  But hands down, my favorite Law Vegas entertainer was Danny Gans.  If you haven’t been to Las Vegas, you...Read More

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  Hold on to your wallets.  The Louisiana Legislature is  in session at the state capitol in Baton Rouge.  And they have 60 days to potentially do a lot of damage.  It’s all about money, and I share my perspective this week in my new column now posted.  Where are the problem areas?  You can...Read More

  Thursday April 30, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN THE LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE’S IN SESSION Every observer of Louisiana politics is aware of Mark Twain’s adage:  “No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the Legislature is in session.”Â  Actually, it was New York Judge Gideon Tucker who first made the perceptive...Read More

The Zurich Classic golf Tourney was a big success this past weekend at the TPA course in New Orleans.  I started playing golf a few years ago, and am not all the great, but do enjoy walking the course by myself, and play8ing 3 or 4 balls at a time.  The Classic was the place...Read More

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Randy Newman is Louisiana’s special troubadour.  He’s funny, clever, sarcastic,  emotional, and generally right on the money.  He’s origionally from New Orleans, and talks about the Bayou State at all his concerts.  He’s written numerous movie musical scores (Seabiscuit, Pleasantville, an The Natural to name a few), and though getting older, aparently has no intention...Read More

  You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam.  Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 – 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac...Read More

  Louisiana has a big financial problem, and many state agencies are facing major cutbacks.  But do we really need all the various state and local governmental bodies that have built up over the past century?  As Jim points out in his column, we are asking general Motors to downsize and restructure.  So what about...Read More

  Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Shreveport, Louisiana BRING LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IN LOUISIANA INTO THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY!  Just how many boards, commissions, water districts, sewer districts, parish auditors, law enforcement offices, and a whole list of other special districts are spread throughout Louisiana? No one really seems to know.  Some estimates are as high as...Read More

  I was in New York last week, and stayed across the street from the World Trade Center hole in the ground.  Construction on a new office complex is under way, but will take several years to complete.  I spent a few minutes there with long time friend and New York lawyer Kevin Salter (See...Read More

  There are a lot of people out there, and I’m one of them, who feel that or country has lost its focus and direction.  We seem to be fading away from our sense of values that set the foundation for our democratic way of life.  Many readers know that I have some problems with...Read More

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  I’m not one to watch “American Idol“ or its British counterpart, “Britons Got Talent.“Â  But every now and then, a performer appears that simply mesmerizes the audience and captures the hearts of all who are watching.  Last year, it was Brit Paul Potts, a car phone salesman who sang Opera like the best at...Read More

As regular readers know, I often brag about my alma mater at Chapel Hill. But there was a low point last we that I certainly am not proud of. Former Rep. Tom Tancredo recently visited University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to speak to a group on the topic of immigration and his opposition...Read More

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  Were you into March Madness?  It started with 654 teams playing through March and into early April.  Millions were made by the NCAA, the colleges, the coaches, but not the players.  They get left out of the whole mix.  My new column is now up, so take a look at why I think our...Read More

So do you Twitter?  Everybody seems to be doing it.  Not cool if you don’t Twitter.  You can see my ramblings at http://Twitter.com/jimbrownla.  Here is a funny cartoon below that keeps the how world of Twitter in its proper perspective.  Take a look.Read More

  Thursday, April 9, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana MARCH MADNESS ARE ATHLETES BEING SHORT CHANGED? Millions of rabid college basketball fans have been glued to their TVs over the past month as March Madness reached its crescendo this past Monday night.  My North Carolina Tar Heels rose to the occasion to win its second national...Read More

Well it was Paris, and last week I was Barcelona.  Petty good hangin’ out for this guy.  And if you have been following my various and sundry jaunts, I never miss a good meal.  In the middle of Barcelona at the Casa Fuster Hotel is Restaurant Galaxo with renowned Spanish Chef Andrea Cavalletti.  The Chef...Read More

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  It was a blow out.  Carolina completed demolished Michigan State to win the NCAA National Championship Monday night.  I know many of you are sick and tired of my continually hiping the Big Blue.  But hey!  The athletic department at Carolina gave me my college education.  I owe deep gratitude to legandary Coach Dean...Read More

  April in Paris.  Who can beat that?  This week’s column deals with how the French observe America, our new and old Presidents, and Louisiana.  All on April fool’s day.  Are they really going to stretch the French President to make him as tall as his new, young wife?  And what do the French think...Read More

Now those of you who read this column and blog regularly know that I’m a really BIG college basketball fan, and this is dreamtime for diehards like me.  March Madness comes to a fruition and ending in the next few days with the culmination of the Final Four, held in Detroit this year.  My old...Read More

Daughter Campbell moderates an interesting debate.  Should Marijuana be legal to help relieve pain?  Congressman Ron Paul says yes.   The use of the drug is legal in California and three other states.  If a doctor says using marijuana will releave cronic pain and perscribes the use of the drug, why should it not be legal,...Read More

Here’s a doozy of a story for you.  A mother of a 14 year old girl invites the  daughter’s friends over for a booze party with lots of vodka.  Several of the girls pass out.  See the video below.  The mother needs some time in the pen.  This is ana extreme case, granted, but too many...Read More

  Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Paris, France FRANCE, APRIL FOOL’S AND LOUISIANA After a week in Paris, four things are quite apparent.  The French despise George Bush, really like Barack Obama, love Louisiana, and delight in playing April fool’s jokes.  Seriousness was put aside yesterday as the French continued the traditional they believe they started...Read More

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    Jim is taking a break for the next several weeks, and will be out of the country until early April.  This site needs some updating, so there will be no new posts up for the next two weeks.  If you signed up on the box at left, we will see you receive a...Read More

  Louisiana has produced a number of country music stars, and one of my favorites is Joe Stampley from Springhill, just north of Minden, La.  Joe has been around since the sixties and has a long list of country hits. I’ve known him for almost that long.  He was in Baton Rouge last weekend and...Read More

If you are a baseball fan like me, you have to have a favorite team or two.  I’ve always like the St. Cardinals and the Cincinnati Reds.  Pete Rose is the bad boy of baseball, but was also one of the games all time greats when he played in Cincinnati.  He lives in Los Angeles,...Read More

  Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana HEY BOBBY JINDAL IT’S INDIA NOT IOWA! Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s recent “speech to the nation” was panned by both Democrats and Republicans alike. It would not be fair to say that his national career has crashed and burned, but it certainly makes sense for him to...Read More

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It’s March, and that means baseball season is about to begin. I have been in Tampa Florida all this past week where 13 major-league baseball teams make their home for spring training before the season begins. That is the focus of my column this week. Take a look at how I compare baseball and politics....Read More

  Thursday, March 5, 2009 Tampa, Florida ARE BASEBALL AND POLITICS INTERTWINED? Just what is America’s favorite pastime? Is it baseball or politics? This past few weeks offers interesting contrasts. On the one hand, we went from a full-blown presidential campaign right into a major political controversy of how to “stimulate” the economy. Certainly in...Read More

Jerry Lee Lewis is from my hometown of Ferriday, and I’ve heard him sing andplay numerous times. He always steals the show. Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino – three of the greatest ivory ticklers of their day – playing pianos on the same stage...Read More

Daughter Campbell has her hands full with her demanding TV show, a new baby on the way soon, one more at home to care for, and a big mold problem.  The New York Post did a feature on her challanges last week.  You can read it by Clicking Here.Read More

Country singing star John Conlee has been performing and racking up some pretty good tunes for over 30 years. The first time I heard him was up in St. Helena Parish about 45 minutes from Baton Rouge. He was the main act at the bear Creek Steakhouse and Saloon. He is a little guy, but...Read More

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RADIO SHOW UPDATE Jim’s Sunday show is normally on WRNO in New Orleans from 11:00am until 1:00pm.  However, because of NASCAR programing, Jim will be on the air this Sunday from 12:00pm until 1:30pm.  The subject this week, what else, is La. Governor Bobby Jindal’s weak rebuttal to th President’s State of the Union speech. ...Read More

Thursday, February 26th, 2009 Baton Rouge, Louisiana JINDAL A TOUGH SELL ON A NATIONAL STAGE Bobby Jindal had an uphill fight to begin with this past Tuesday evening when he was the Republican pick to give a response to the President’s State of the Union speech. He was thrown into the lion’s den to give...Read More

  It was Friday the 13th.  Rush Limbaugh told his listeners: There was a promise from the Obama administration, the new era of responsibility and transparency, that all such legislation would be posted on the Internet for five days so that the public could read what is being voted on.  Ain’t going to happen.  In...Read More

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Well La. Governor Bobby Jindal has had quite a week.  He was a guest Sunday on “Meet the Press’ and challenged the President’s stimulus plan, saying he would turn down some of the money.  He has received praise form conservative Republicans, and has also received a lot of criticism for what some call “political posturing.”Â Â ...Read More