The End of the Beginning
Winston Churchill’s comments about the Battle of Egypt in 1942 popped into my mind when the Iowa Caucus vote was in: “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perh...
In Defeat, Football Still Beats Politics
Even in a state where politics is a contact sport, when it goes up against football, a blood sport, there is no contest. Just as, sadly, there was no contest when LSU failed to show up for its sho...
Despite high approval rating, Louisiana lags under Jindal A new poll conducted for Gov. Bobby Jindal last month after he was returned to office by a landslide vote could be classified as political overkill in light of his lopsided victory and the lack of ...
Georges has the means to become Democratic force New Orleans businessman John Georges seemed to be trying to get a head start in the 2015 governor’s race by commissioning a poll right after this year’s statewide elections to determine how voters ...
My Affair with Tim McGraw “Country music has always been the best shrink that 15 bucks can buy.”
- Dierks Bentley
This is the honest truth. Until last weekend I hadn’t attended one of those loud, live, mega concerts since ...
Polls Show What’s on Pol’s Minds DECEMBER 12, 2011 POLITICS / JOHN MAGINNIS
Polls Show What’s on Pols’ Minds
The governor’s election did not offer much of a guidepost to the future, mainly because Gov. Bob...
Lord of the Flies
Almost 1,000 days have elapsed since both chambers of Congress passed a budget for the federal government. Our constitution “shackles” Congress with only a few requirements. Passing a budget is...
Newt Is Right
Tom Brokaw has written a book about the Greatest Generation, a generation that grew up with fathers in the home who saw it as their duty to instill in their sons a work ethic. The Greatest Generat...
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