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Jim Brown

Abolish the death penalty in Louisiana?

A jury last week in Parkland, Florida recommended Nikolas Cruz get life in prison for killing 17 people, sparing Cruz from a death sentence after his lawyers argued he had a troubled upbringing. I read a great deal about this case and I wasn’t impressed with his “upbringing” argument. Hey, life growing up can be tough, but one isn’t excused for such unspeakable, horrific brutality that took place. I would have voted for the death penalty.

If Biden was actually concerned about high oil prices, he would prioritize more oil drilling

President Joe Biden is still reeling from the decision earlier this month by OPEC to curtail global oil production as the world prepares for another recession after Covid, induced by inflation levels not seen since the 1970s and 1980s as the post-Covid supply crunch and the war in Ukraine continue.

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Jim Brown

Hello, goodbye to Louisiana Senator Ellender

This week marks the birthday of former Louisiana U.S. Senator Allen J. Ellender. He was born in 1890, and in his heyday, Ellender was the most prominent Senator in Washington and a powerful voice for the Bayou State.
In 1972, I had given an evening speech up in Caldwell Parish and began the drive home to Ferriday as the sun was setting. The two-hour drive took me across the duty ferry and back through Harrisonburg, the parish seat in Catahoula Parish.

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Jeff Crouere

Pelosi deserves to be booed, fired

If there is one politician who deserves to be booed it is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). On Saturday night at Central Park in New York City among fellow leftists Pelosi received her just deserts.
As she was making a surprise speech to the crowd at the Global Citizen’s music festival, Pelosi was greeted with heckling and boos. This was a very unpleasant surprise for an audience that was hoping to hear music from Metallica, Mariah Carey, and the Jonas Brothers.

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Steve Gardes

Attorney General Landry throws seismic punch at ESG insanity

Woke asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard have been forcing publicly held companies like Chevron and Exxon to embrace insane ESG (environmental, social and governance investment policies) that are harmful to investors—policies that Warren Buffett has called “asinine”, and corporate Boards were rendered helpless—that is until Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued a stern warning to his state pension board that ESG investing is likely a violation of their Fiduciary Duties.

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