Race and Rhetoric One of the things that turned up, during a long-overdue cleanup of my office, was an old yellowed copy of the New York Times dated July 24, 1992. One of the front-page headlines said: "White-Black ...
Depression? What Depression? It's said that when the Great Depression of the 1930s brought the U.S. economy to its knees, nobody in south Louisiana noticed. When banks fail, it doesn't matter to someone who doesn't have any ...
Louisiana – Where being number one is bad news! My home state of Louisiana again has the distinction of having the most expensive auto insurance rates in the nation. Forbes magazine just released national figures indicating that not only do Loui...
Adjudicate, don’t legislate Two recent Louisiana Supreme Court decisions have sent a clear message to the lower courts (in particular to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal): “Adjudicate, don’t legislate.”
In the first of tho...
Wildlife field day features research on bluetongue disease in deer New research that may lead to combating the disease bluetongue in deer was featured at the LSU AgCenter’s wildlife field day at the Bob R. Jones – Idlewild Research Station in Clinton on March 17.
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The most important skill in politics Watching Capitol Hill these days, I’m often struck by how issues that were present at the dawn of our Republic continue to reverberate. In the very first session of Congress, when members had to gr...
Limbaugh apologizes
while liberals
insult with impunity On Saturday, talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh apologized for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “prostitute” and a “slut.” In testimony before Congress, she demanded free birth control pre...
James Q. Wilson (1931-2012) There are undoubtedly many people who are alive today because of James Q. Wilson, who died last week. He was not a doctor or medical scientist, nor was he a fireman or coast guardsman who rescued p...
Stockman takes the Fed to the woodshed It is the scariest thing I have read in a long time. Unfortunately, it is hard to argue with much of the message it contains. The "it" is a recent Associated Press interview with David Stockman, Ro...
Building character through sports I get a variety of reports and articles that come across my desk on a daily basis, but one in particular on character building caught my eye most recently. Coaches and administrators often say that...
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Kenny Henderson, Executive Director Zachary Today.Com
Pettiness and mud The only good news for the Republicans coming out of the seemingly endless presidential candidate "debates" is that some Republican leaders are now belatedly thinking about how they can avoid a rep...
Overcoming inertia In less than two weeks, the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature will be gaveled to order. There will be new faces in both chambers, new leaders in the House and Senate, and a bevy of controvers...
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