CenLamar | Est. 2006

  • Jindal and White Award Hundreds of Thousands to Schools That Discriminate Based on Religion and Sexual Orientation

    A couple of days ago, Louisiana Superintendent of Education John White unceremoniously announced that he intends to withhold any and all public records concerning his Department’s deliberation about the selection of voucher schools until, at least, a few weeks after the beginning of the school year. After first hearing of White’s decision to withhold records, I posited a theory, which has been echoed and independently asserted by several others: There was no “deliberative process,” and, once revealed, Superintendent White’s records will likely demonstrate that he and his staff completely failed to properly vet and scrutinize the schools they approved for…

  • Coming Soon: A Four Part Series on #vouchergate

    Stay tuned. First-up:  “Muddying the narrative”

  • NEWSFLASH: Jindal’s Exorcism Story Is Fictional, “Goofy.”

    Given the recent deluge of coverage in both the Louisiana and the national media over the essay Governor Bobby Jindal wrote in 1994, in which he details his participation in an unsanctioned (and yes, for true believers, that should make a difference) exorcism while a student at Brown University, I’m somewhat surprised to be the first person to really point this out: Bobby Jindal’s story is a complete and total work of fiction. Don’t believe me? Well, here’s how Jindal himself recently responded to questions about the essay, which was titled “Beating a Demon: Physical Dimensions of Spiritual Warfare” (bold…